06/08/2025
Fleeing conflict, facing crisis: South Sudanese refugees gather in Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
With violence intensifying in South Sudan, more than 33,000 refugees have fled to northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In May, Meacute;decins Sans Frontiegrave;res (MSF) teams launched emergency activities to provide lifesaving medical care to a community facing crisis. ldquo;We saw people shooting guns. Then we saw planes shooting people from the sky,rdquo; says Blessing Halima, a refugee from Morobo County, South Sudan, who recently fled to Adi, northern DRC, with her six children. ldquo;They began killing people and stealing everything. They took my husband. Thatrsquo;s why we ran.rdquo; Blessing Halima is not alone. In April, Atay Rose travelled for several days through...
