South Sudan waives visa fees for foreigners fleeing Sudan war
Most foreigners fleeing conflict in Sudan are being hosted in Renk County and Paloch areas of Upper Nile State.
Source: theeastafrican.co.ke
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Most foreigners fleeing conflict in Sudan are being hosted in Renk County and Paloch areas of Upper Nile State.
Thousands are now camping out in South Sudan's Renk County, in a dilapidated university campus.
The updated figure, provided Tuesday by the U.N. International Organization for Migration, is more than double the 334,000 the agency reported to be internally displaced last week.
A further 5,100 people have been injured as a result of the fighting, a World Health Organisation spokesman said.