Refugees flee bombing in Sudan for camps in South Sudan

Girls skipping rope during a school recess in the Gendrassa refugee camp in South Sudan's Upper Nile State. More than 110,000 refugees were living in four camps in Maban County in October 2012, but officials expected more would arrive once the rainy season ended and people could cross rivers that block the routes from Sudan's Blue Nile area, where Sudanese military has been bombing civilian populations as part of its response to a local insurgency. Conditions in the camps are often grim, with outbreaks of diseases such as Hepatitis E.

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Paul Jeffrey

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South Sudan Sudan Africa African refugee refugees displaced IDPs border conflict war violence victims humanitarian crisis international aid relief assistance refugee camp Gendrassa camp skip rope girls jump rope children play outdoors outside recess physical education double tandem

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Refugees in Maban