Thousands of hungry South Sudan refugees flee to Sudan

Tired and hungry, Rebecca James is one of hundreds of South Sudanese - mainly women and children - who gathered Monday in a "refugee center" in Al-Eligat, in southern neighboring Sudan, some ten kilometers off the border. It is a transit point where people fleeing the war and famine in South Sudan spend a few days before being taken to permanent refugee camps throughout Sudan. "I ran for two days without stopping to reach the border," Rebecca told AFP from a region where famine was officially … READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2017/02/28/... Africanews is a new pan-African media pioneering multilingual and independent news telling expertise in Sub-Saharan Africa. Subscribe on ourYoutube channel :    / africanews   Africanews is available in English and French. Website : www.africanews.com Facebook :   / africanews.channel   Twitter :   / africanews