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South Sudan overwhelmed by refugee influx: MSF

South Sudanese people sit outside a nutrition clinic at a transit center in Renk, South Sudan. (AP)

The situation on South Sudan's border was "completely overwhelming" as thousands flee war-torn Sudan each day, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned Monday.

The medical charity said up to 5,000 people were crossing the border every day. The United Nations recently put it even higher at 7-10,000 daily.

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