South Sudan: Civil was has seen the world's youngest country take in 1.1 million refugees

The Irish Examiner travelled to South Sudan to meet with some of the 1.1m refugees who have fled across the border from civil war in Sudan. Women, children and men all shared stories of pain but also of their hope for something better in their futures

Medina Abdullah, tailor and Sudanese refugee, at Wadweil Camp in South Sudan. 'The money I earn is not enough' to support her family. Picture: Eugene Ikol, Concern Worldwide

Around a refugee camp in South Sudan near the border with war-torn Sudan locals and refugees are working out how to live together, facing problems mirrored across the country.

South Sudan is the youngest country in the world at just 14 years since it seceded from Sudan after decades of war. Some two-thirds of the population live on less than $2.15 per person per day.