An aid worker has returned to the base where he was once caught up in a terrifying three-day military coup.

Shaun Hughes from Gloucestershire is back in South Sudan to coordinate the UN World Food Programme’s aid for thousands of families pouring over the border from neighbouring Sudan.

More than 4.5 million refugees – mostly women and children – have fled to neighbouring countries to escape Sudan since civil war erupted between rival government forces in April 2023.

For World Humanitarian Day, on 19 August, Mr Hughes shared details of his riskiest experience to date.