A child displaced by fighting in South Sudan arrives in Lamwo after fleeing fighting in Pajok town across the border in northern Uganda
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UN appeals for $1.4bn in help for South Sudan refugees

Country has been locked in civil war since 2013 when President Salva Kiir accused his deputy Riek Machar of plotting a coup.

The UN says it needs $1.4bn to help refugees escaping conflict and famine in South Sudan.

The country has been locked in a civil war since 2013 when President Salva Kiir accused his deputy Riek Machar of plotting a coup.

And now, almost two million people are seeking refuge in neighbouring countries.

Al Jazeera’s Whitney Hurst explains.

Published On 15 May 2017