South Sudan: Hunger Mounts As Conflict Disrupts Markets

When fighting broke out in the town of Panyijar in South Sudan's Unity State, Elisabeth Nyanchuit realised that the conflict that had engulfed the world's newest nation was now at her doorstep.

"Houses were being burned down, there was shooting, we had to leave," Nyanchuit said, recalling how she quickly assembled her six children and joined a group of alarmed neighbours, also desperate to escape the violence. They trekked for 10 hours to find safety near the village of Ganyiel, tucked away in Unity State's swampland.

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