Sudan: As Sudan’s Conflict Enters a Second Year, Hundreds Flee South Daily

An average of 1,600 people every day cross the border into South Sudan to escape the conflict in Sudan, threatening to overwhelm the small transit centres where they first arrive.

The South Sudanese border town of Renk is the entry point for hundreds of people a day fleeing war in Sudan. More than 745,000 people have crossed the frontier since fighting erupted in the capital Khartoum in April last year, and over half a million of these are returning South Sudanese who fled for safety years ago…