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WBGs: Thousands of Raja returnees face dire humanitarian situation -Official

Author: Alhadi Hawari | Published: January 15, 2025

Raja, Western Bahr-el-Ghazal, is one of the areas receiving returnees. (Photo/OCHA).

Over 24,000 returnees from Sudan are facing dire need of humanitarian assistance in different camps in the County, according to authorities in Raja in Western Bahr el Ghazal State.

Gismallah Hassan Dahia, the press secretary of the County Commissioner said the returnees from conflict-torn Sudan are mainly children, women, and elderly.

He added the returnees are arriving from Sudan on daily to the areas of Siri-Malaga, Boro el Madina, Tamsah and Raja.

The returnees fled from the Zamzum refugee camp in El Dein town of Eastern Darfur via Kafia Kengi.

Dahia said the returnees have been lacking food and medicines for months now.

“The returnees are in big number and have been lacking food. The International Comitte of the Red Cross had given them food assistance since last year. Even (those) in Boro – al Madina now, don’t have food.

“The new arrivals of more than 950 people came here without anything, they facing issue of shelters, food and something to sleep on “, he said.

According to him, the ongoing humanitarian challenges faced by returnees and displaced populations in South Sudan have been worsened by limited resources and support infrastructure.

Since the fighting erupted in Khartoum, Sudan, the UN has registered more than 1 million people who have crossed into South Sudan, with 90% of them South Sudanese.

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