Uganda struggles to cope as 1m South Sudanese refugees pour in

South Sudanese flee their country for Uganda. Refugee agency UNHCR said Uganda was struggling to provide food and shelter. PHOTO FILE | AFP

The number of South Sudanese refugees in Uganda hit one million on Thursday, the United Nations has said, as hundreds of desperate families pour across the border every day seeking a haven from the civil war.

The conflict in South Sudan has created Africa's biggest refugee crisis since the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and U.N. agencies are receiving a fraction of the cash they need to provide food and shelter.