South Sudan fighting uproots 70,000 in three weeks

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Nairobi, May 28 (IANS) The UN refugee agency said Tuesday that more than 70,000 South Sudanese have fled to safety in three weeks after a truce was signed in Addis Ababa May 9. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), recent arrivals say they fled violence in Jonglei and Upper Nile states, particularly the area around Mathiang in Longechuk county of Upper Nile state, Xinhua reported. "Ethiopia currently hosts the largest South Sudanese refugee population at 131,051 people, mostly women and children," UNHCR said in a statement. "To accommodate the refugees, UNHCR and the Ethiopian authorities have opened three new camps this year, two of which (Leitchuor and Kule I) have a combined population of 95,085 refugees and are already full." The third camp, Kule II which was opened May 17, is already hosting 5,997 refugees, UNHCR said.

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