• Some 900,000 South Sudanese are homeless since the war erupted in December, and about 195,000 of them have fled as refugees to Uganda, Ethiopia and even into Darfur, Tony Lanzer.
    Some 900,000 South Sudanese are homeless since the war erupted in December, and about 195,000 of them have fled as refugees to Uganda, Ethiopia and even into Darfur, Tony Lanzer.
  • Mr Lanzer is organising donations for international relief aid in the coming weeks during the dry season, when roads are passable. The World Food Program hopes to preposition 146,000 tons of food. By June, during the wet season, supplies would have to be airlifted at far greater cost.
    Mr Lanzer is organising donations for international relief aid in the coming weeks during the dry season, when roads are passable. The World Food Program hopes to preposition 146,000 tons of food. By June, during the wet season, supplies would have to be airlifted at far greater cost.
  • “90 per cent of funds go toward relief, and 10 per cent to delivery,” Mr Lanzer said. By June, that ratio will have flipped.
    “90 per cent of funds go toward relief, and 10 per cent to delivery,” Mr Lanzer said. By June, that ratio will have flipped.
  • A woman poses for a photo in a building controlled by South Sudanese anti-government forces, South Sudan. “The single biggest thing I need right now is a ceasefire, to get them help now,” Lanzer said.
    A woman poses for a photo in a building controlled by South Sudanese anti-government forces, South Sudan. “The single biggest thing I need right now is a ceasefire, to get them help now,” Lanzer said.
  • A total of 3.7 million South Sudanese are “food insecure,” or unsure of where their next meal will come from, he said, out of a population of about 11 million.
    A total of 3.7 million South Sudanese are “food insecure,” or unsure of where their next meal will come from, he said, out of a population of about 11 million.
  • South Sudan’s civil war broke out in December between supporters of ousted Vice President Riek Machar, from the Nuer ethnic group, and the forces of President Salva Kiir, who is an ethnic Dinka. The two sides agreed to a ceasefire in January, but that agreement does not appear to be holding.
    South Sudan’s civil war broke out in December between supporters of ousted Vice President Riek Machar, from the Nuer ethnic group, and the forces of President Salva Kiir, who is an ethnic Dinka. The two sides agreed to a ceasefire in January, but that agreement does not appear to be holding.
  • I never thought I would see people fleeing into Darfur,” Lanzer said. “It’s a very painful thing for the world’s youngest country if your people are fleeing.”
    I never thought I would see people fleeing into Darfur,” Lanzer said. “It’s a very painful thing for the world’s youngest country if your people are fleeing.”
  • Two girls part of internally displaced South Sudanese people stand in Malakal. Almost 40,000 people may have been displaced by militia arson and looting in Sudan’s Darfur region, according to new data obtained by AFP on March 4, 2014.
    Two girls part of internally displaced South Sudanese people stand in Malakal. Almost 40,000 people may have been displaced by militia arson and looting in Sudan’s Darfur region, according to new data obtained by AFP on March 4, 2014.
  • More than 19,000 arrivals have been recorded at two camps for displaced people near the South Darfur state capital, Nyala, the International Organsation for Migration said.
    More than 19,000 arrivals have been recorded at two camps for displaced people near the South Darfur state capital, Nyala, the International Organsation for Migration said.

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In pictures: South Sudanese so desperate they flee into Darfur

Rob Gurdebeke

March 05, 2014

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The civil war in South Sudan has left people so hungry and desperate for relief that they are even fleeing across the border into Darfur, a long-troubled region of famine and suffering in neighbouring Sudan, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for South Sudan said Tuesday. Photos by Andrei Pungovschi / AFP Photo

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