China donates tents to shelter returnees, floods victims in South Sudan


JUBA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- China on Wednesday donated 8,808 tents to the South Sudanese government to help it provide shelter for thousands of returnees fleeing conflict in neighboring Sudan.

Albino Akol Atak, South Sudan's minister of humanitarian affairs and disaster management, said 60 percent of the tents will go to vulnerable people in the 10 states and three administrative areas, and 40 percent will support vulnerable people in the national capital of Juba.

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