Report: MSF Warns of Catastrophe as Thousands Flee Violence

Sheltering under trees: Displaced people’s plight in Jonglei, Upper Nile, and Lakes states - Radio Tamazuj

After escaping violent attacks in Jonglei and Upper Nile, thousands of people are surviving outdoors with little food, water, or medical care. “I have lived through many wars, but this kind of displacement has never happened before,” says 77-year-old Moses, who fled his home in Lankien, Jonglei State, as conflict intensified. “I have never seen civilians’ homes burned to ashes on such a scale. We are now living under the trees.”  An escalation o…

Report: MSF warns of catastrophe as thousands flee violence

JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) – A new report from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns that thousands of displaced people in Jonglei and Upper Nile are struggling to survive while sheltering under trees with almost no food or water. The medical charity says an escalation of violence has forced at least 25,000 people