A South Sudanese refugee boy with his belongings after crossing into Uganda at the Elegu border point. The boy fled fighting in his home village in Bor, Jonglei State’s capital. At least 355,000 people have been displaced and thousands killed in South Sudan since mid-December when inter-ethnic conflict erupted following what the government described as a failed coup attempt. photo:
charles akena©
(IRIN) AMURU/ADJUMANI, January 15, 2014 - Weeks of conflict in South Sudan have left thousands of people dead and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes. Thousands of the displaced have been arriving in northern Uganda, where their situation is dire and has elicited security concerns.
