23/11/2016
South Sudanese Flee One of Country?s Last Peaceful Towns
Once a safe haven for those trying to escape South Sudan?s conflict, Yei is the latest town to be engulfed by violence in the country?s civil war. #160; In Yei, the population often falls asleep to gunfire and wakes up to soldiers patrolling the streets. The army, made up primarily of soldiers belonging to the Dinka ethnic group of President Salva Kiir, controls all roads leading out of town. #160; One hundred thousand people are believed to be trapped inside the city.#160; Another 150,000 have fled, with many heading across the border for Uganda, to the south. #160; Civilians who have fled Yei and arrived in the Ugandan...
