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aljazeera Photo: Natalia Jidovanu for AJE ••• A child sleeps on the floor after reaching Afoji collection point in Afoji town. The local market has been transformed into a collection point where refugees can access basic facilities including shelter, water, latrines, medical attention and transportation to the settlements. Uganda has seen the rate of new arrivals increasing over the last weeks, with a total of 25,400 South Sudanese refugees being received in Uganda between the February 3 and 9, with an average daily rate of 3,657 new arrivals, bringing the total number of South Sudanese refugees and asylum-seekers in the country to 736,953. Thousands of civilians have fled, and continue to flee due to an escalation in violence in and around Kajo-Keji between the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) loyal to the government of President Salva Kiir, and the SPLA-in-Opposition forces loyal to the former First Vice President Riek Machar.
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