By Bisola Adeyemo
The charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in South Sudan has said, thousands of flood victims struggle to find safe and drinking water.
The MSF disclosed this in a press statement on Wednesday, adding that the majority of those affected are in the northern oil-producing Unity States, according to BBC.
The statement said “Eight months since flooding began, people in Unity State and other surrounding areas are stuck in poor living conditions and are at risk of outbreaks of infectious and waterborne diseases.
“When you walk through the camps, you can see malnourished children, people collecting dirty flood water to drink, cattle collapsing and their carcasses everywhere. Such poor conditions are harming people’s health,” MSF’s Reza Eshaghian said.
The number of people reported to have been affected by floods since May last year was 835,000.