UN sees 70% shortfall in aid for South Sudan refugees

Only 30 per cent of USD 1.4 billion aid needed in 2017 for refugees fleeing the conflict in South Sudan has been raised, a UN official said today, raising fears of aid cuts.

Nearly two million South Sudanese have fled, and tens of thousands have been killed, since the country descended into civil war nearly four years ago.

In May, the United Nations said it needed USD 1.4 billion this year alone to help people who have sought refuge in Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic.

But today a senior UN official told

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