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NameNyaban and Nyabi
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Country of OriginSouth Sudan
Destination CountrySouth Sudan
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Sisters Nyban and Nybi lost their homes on 18 February during an attack on the UN protection of civilians (PoC) site near South Sudans Malakal town, where they are seeking shelter from the civil that erupted in December 2013. The sisters are former locals of Malakal town, with their own families, children, husbands and independent lives. Years before the war broke out in Upper Nile State, Nyban and Nyabi both lost their husbands to illnesses and, since then, they have relied on each other for support as they raised their children together.  Before all of this chaos started, we would collect firewood to sell in the local markets and thats how we managed to make ends meet for our families, they said. By the time that the battlefront came to their doorstep in Malakal, they decided, like many others, to leave their homes in late 2013 to seek shelter and protection within the nearby UN compound. After more than two years of living in the Pic site, their lives were again forcibly changed on the night of 17 February 2016, when fighting erupted in the site. We remember the night of the attack. It was the shouting that woke us up. When we heard the fighting and shooting start, we were worried for our lives and started to pack our things, recalls Nybi. The fighting led to a massive fire that swept through much of the site. At night, we heard the fire start from very far away but then it began to spread. We saw it slowly creep closer towards us over night. We could not sleep. By morning, the fire got too close to their homes and they were forced to flee the path of the fire as it consumed their homes along with several of their neighbours and friends. Everything we had is lost. Nearly all of our belongings, our clothes, jewellery, and whatever else that we brought from our live in Malakal are reduced to ashes. Now, Nyban and Nybi collect the scraps of their homes in hopes of being able to rebuild their temporary shelter until security improves and they are able to resume their lives outside the PoC site.

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