Workers ready relief items for distribution to Sudanese refugees in Maban, South Sudan, in August 2013. Photo: Joakino Francis/Eye Radio

Three Sudanese refugees have died of hunger in Fashoda County.

More than 250 Sudanese refugees from South Kordofan State have been camping at Kodok Payam of Fashoda for the past two weeks, according to Upper Nile State Information Ministry Philiph Jiben.

Mr. Jebeni is appealing to Non-governmental organizations in the state to assist the Sudanese refugees with food, medicine and essential items

He added that the security of the refugees is being guaranteed by the state authority.