Monthly Archives: September 2012

Refugees survived “year of hell” – now at risk of disease

Camps sheltering more than 100,000 Sudanese refugees in South Sudan’s Maban county are ticking timebombs, on the brink of a major outbreak of disease, international agency Oxfam said today.  At least 16 refugees have already died from an outbreak of … Continue reading

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Child mortality rates exceed emergency levels in S. Sudan

Julius N. Uma August 21, 2012 (JUBA) – An average of at least three to four Sudanese children, under the age of five, have been dying daily at Batil refugee camp in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State, as a result … Continue reading

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