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'No food' in South Sudan displacement camp as new conflict breaks out

Internally displaced people in South Sudan say there is "no food" in their informal camp as fresh fighting erupts between government and opposition forces in Jonglei state. The conflict has displaced around 280,000 people since December, according to the United Nations.

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00:01In South Sudan, humanitarian conditions are now becoming increasingly tough
00:06as fighting in the country rages on.
00:11With basic resources dwindling, some residents are dying of hunger.
00:22People are hungry and they are suffering from diseases as well.
00:26So what is affecting us generally is lack of food and lack of hospital.
00:32The government visited us here and it has not brought anything.
00:36Many vulnerable people are dying of hunger.
00:42Fighting in Jonglen State has displaced tens of thousands of residents,
00:47some of whom are now in search of shelter and basic supplies.
00:54We fled from our land in Jonglen because of the clashes between SPLA in opposition
01:00and SPLA in government that conflict killed our vulnerable people and we fled up to here.
01:10After arriving here, hunger is the main thing, affecting us.
01:17Some hospital staff say they've been overwhelmed by the number of casualties.
01:22This resident lost three children as well as her husband.
01:29My message to both parties is to stop the fight
01:32and if they were to allow women in the negotiation,
01:35it would be much better because as women, we have suffered in this country.
01:42To be frank and sincere, I have lost my husband in this war.
01:46This generation has only little time to spend with their husbands on earth.
01:50These women whom you see here are widows
01:53and some of them have eventually lost their children in this war.
01:59But not long after,
02:01it descended into civil war between two rival generals,
02:05Salvaqir and Riyak Mashar.
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