Thousands of displaced people from Sudan’s Blue Nile state in Maban county are complaining of shortages of foods in Yusuf Batil refugee camp saying they are depending on leaves of trees to survive.
Al-Said al-Semat, the leader of the camp told Radio Tamazuj on Sunday that humanitarian organizations have reduced food portions that are provided to the refugees.
He said there are shortages of non-food items like mosquito nets and other items.
Al-Semat claimed that refugees are depending on leaves of trees to stay alive, calling on humanitarian organizations to provide enough food assistance to the refugees.
South Sudan’s Maban county is hosting thousands of refugees from Sudan’s Blue Nile county who fled the war in Sudan but were also affected by the outbreak of the civil war in South Sudan since mid December 2013 before a peace deal was signed in August last year.
File photo