The UN says South Sudan joins Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia as countries that have produced over one million refugees.

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UN Refugee Agency spokesman Leo Hobbs calls this a very sad milestone.

Civil war has torn at Africa’s youngest country for most of its five-year existence.

Neighbouring Uganda hosts the highest number of refugees, with 20 000 arriving in the past week from fighting in the  southern part of the country.

Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Congo and Central African Republic also have taken in  tens of thousands of people fleeing South Sudan

The UN praised the countries, some of the world’s poorest, for allowing refugees to enter.

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