South Sudanese Refugees

After gaining its independnece in 2011, South Sudan becoming the youngest nation in the world. However it was rocked by a civil war that began in December 2013. The short lull from the violence lasted until a fresh waves of violence errupted in July 2016 and a war-torn nation slid back into chaos with abuse of civilians by armed men including rape, murder and looting. No ending of the conflict in sight, up to 300,000 people are estimated to have been killed in the war so far, and more than 3.5 million people have been displaced in a country of 12 million so far, with more than 2.1 million internally displaced and more than 1.5 million having fled to neighboring countries, such as Uganda, Kenya and Sudan. All the images are protected by the international copyright laws. © Jiro Ose