Half a million South Sudan refugees flee to Uganda
By Al Jazeera
17 January 2017 |
2:21 pm
Uganda is welcoming hundreds of thousands of refugees. Last year, South Sudan produced more refugees than any other country, with nearly half a million of them settling in northern Uganda.
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