South Sudan: UNHCR Launches Airlift for Refugees in the Country

Nairobi — The UN refugee agency today December 20 began a massive airlift of urgently needed aid supplies for some 50,000 Sudanese refugees in South Sudan.

The first of 18 flights using C-130 Hercules aircraft left Nairobi at 8 a.m. carrying 12 metric tons of supplies, including plastic sheets, sleeping mats, blankets, mosquito nets, buckets, jerry cans and kitchen sets.

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