With an underfunded humanitarian response plan, over 540,000 people forced to flee the conflict in Sudan - the majority of whom are women and children - have struggled to meet basic needs.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Friday called on the international community to provide more support for refugees in South Sudan. She made the remarks while visiting South Sudan's Gorom refugee camp, which is home to refugees from Ethiopia, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and has been swelled by people fleeing the conflict in neighbouring Sudan. Gorom was set up in 2010 to accommodate 3,000 people from the strife-hit Ethiopian region of Gambella but by December was
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock plans to visit the East African countries of Djibouti, Kenya and South Sudan beginning on Wednesday. The war in Sudan is likely to loom over Baerbock's diplomatic visit, with discussions expected to focus on how to better coordinate international mediation efforts and increase pressure on both sides, according to a spokeswoman for Germany's Foreign Office on Monday. All three countries that Baerbock will visit have played a prominent role in the diplomat