Britain announces further aid for refugees fleeing South Sudan

Britain will provide emergency food, shelter and sanitation to half a million refugees that have fled the ongoing fighting in South Sudan, British Department for International Development (DFID) announced Wednesday.

The new financial aid totaled 16.4 million pounds (about 25.56 million U.S. dollars), including 7.4 million pounds (11.53 million U.S. dollars) to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Program (WFP) to assist 200,000 refugees in Ethiopia where recent flooding has destroyed camps.

The rest will go to WFP for 360,000 refugees in Uganda including food for children under two and targeted supplementary feeding for children under five, as well as for filling a gap in its food supply in Kenya.

"Millions of people have fled intolerable violence in South Sudan only to face uncertainty and further hardship where they seek refuge," British International Development Minister Desmond Swayne said in a statement.

"This additional funding from the UK will help ensure these families have their basic needs met. Ultimately, though, only a political solution to the conflict will allow them the peace and security they deserve," he noted.

Nearly half a million South Sudanese have sought refuge in neighboring countries like Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda, since conflict broke out in the country in mid-December 2013, according to UNHCR.

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