From Safe Haven to Hunger Trap: Kakuma Refugees Flee Back to South Sudan

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‎Key Points: Kakuma Refugee Hunger Crisis ‎ ‎1. Mass Exodus: Thousands of South Sudanese refugees are leaving Kakuma Camp, trekking back home due to hunger. ‎ ‎2. Severe Food Cuts: Rations slashed; many families get little or no food. ‎ ‎3. Not a Choice: “We are not walking out of choice. Hunger is killing us here,” said one refugee. ‎ ‎4. Dangerous Return: Refugees risk insecurity, hunger, and floods in South Sudan. ‎ ‎5. Aid Funding Gap: U.S. Trump-era cuts + global donor fatigue worsened the crisis. ‎ ‎6. Host Communities Struggling: Poverty in Turkana, Kenya, adds pressure on locals and refugees alike. ‎ ‎7. Protection Crisis: Refugees face an impossible choice starvation in exile or insecurity back home. ‎ ‎South Sudanese Refugees Flee Kakuma Refugee Camp as Hunger Crisis Deepened as mass exodus is unfolding at Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwestern Kenya. For years, this dusty settlement in Turkana West County has been a place of refuge for South Sudanese fleeing war, famine, and pe...

3,500 Refugees Returned To Magwi County From Uganda Refugee Camps


The County of Magwi Eastern Equatoria State today received 3,500 refugees who have decided to returned back home from Uganda refugee camps, a relief official said.

The returnees joined their families in Mugali, Nimule and Magwi a relief coordinator in the county said.

He further said that the are in need of food and non food items and calls for the humanitarian aid immediately. 

 “If there is any kind of food distribution for some few months to those who returned will help them. Seeds distribution also should be early,”-He said. 

One of the returnees called Santa Abalo said that: “we returned because the condition is worse there. What forced us to come is the issue of hunger. My children are hungry.”

She further said that: “we need help because we don’t have shelters. We only depend on relatives,”-Santa Abalo. 

Eastern Equatoria Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, Chairperson Mr. John Okuma said that: “people are coming back home because of the relative peace which the peace agreement has provided. As government together with partners, we have to make sure that schools are renovated, and other services are provided to them,” he said.

Last week Radiotamazuj reported that refugees in Uganda Refugee Camps are not being offered opportunities. 

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