Three months ago, the town of Bidi Bidi in the northern Uganda was mostly rugged grassland, peckled with a few small buildings and homes.
Now Bidi Bidi is the home to the world fourth biggest refugee camp, according to the united nations officials - 160,000 South Sudanese who fled the most recent spasm in their country's civil war.
Most people associate the global migrant crisis with Europe struggle to accommodate the massive number of people who have arrived over the past 2 years, but African nations continue to host as many refugees than those in European (both regions hover around 4.4 million) according to the U.N. High Commissioner for refugees. Remarkably 26% of the world refugee now live in Africa, in some of the worlds poorest nations, least equipped to handle the inflow.
There is no better example of Bidi Bidi of how rapidly Africa's refugee problems has surged, even as Europe influx appears to have stabilized.
The make shift camp has received the same number of refugee since July as all of Greece did from January to September according to data from the International Office of Migration and UNHCR.
In July, Fighting in South Sudan Capital shattered a fragile cease fire that had been in place for about a year between forces led by the country's president and Vice president. Hundreds of people were killed over several days, Immediately Civilians started fleeing their homes, Many of them crossed the border to Uganda on one day alone,8,000 people arrived.
In south Sudan, an Untold number of women had been sexually abused during the conflict. Boys were forced to join Militant Groups. Those who escaped to Uganda told stories of Horror. Many children arrived alone, after their parents were killed.
Women and children make up 85% of new arrivals at Bidi Bidi, according to UNHCR. Officials are expecting thousands more to arrive in the coming month.
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