UNHCR says conflict in South Sudan uproots over 165,000 people in 3 months

JUBA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- More than 165,000 people have fled increasing tensions and conflict in South Sudan in the past three months to seek safety both within the country and across borders, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday. "South Sudan …

As displacement surges in South Sudan, regional humanitarian crisis deepens

Violence between armed groups in Upper Nile state and other flashpoints has crippled essential services, triggered food insecurity and worsened disease outbreaks, including cholera – forcing some to be displaced repeatedly. Roughly 65,000 have been …

Zoonotic Diseases: A growing threat to the people of South Sudan

 Diseases like anthrax, brucellosis, rabies, Rift Valley fever, and even Ebola have zoonotic origins and have affected lives across Africa, including here in our own communities. While many factors contribute to this rising danger, a significant and often …

UN urges South Sudan to avert killings in restive Warrap State

JUBA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Tuesday called on South Sudan to take steps to avert persistent intercommunal clashes in Tonj East County of Warrap State that have resulted in the killing of 280 people since March. The …

Civilian casualties mount in South Sudan amid fighting between army and local militias

MTN South Sudan launches 21 Days of Y’ello Care Campaign

Government officials, MTN Staff and the Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDP) camp settlement posed for photo after launch of campaign in Juba on Monday (Photo by courtesy) JUBA — MTN South Sudan on Monday launched its annual 21 Days of Y’ello Care campaign, …

South Sudan warns against rampant illegal logging

Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Josephine Napwon Cosmos JUBA — The South Sudan government on Monday warned that stern action would be taken against those illegally cutting forest trees in Central Equatoria State. This followed a meeting over the …

Civilian casualties mount in South Sudan as the army clashes with local militias

AKOBO, South Sudan (AP) — Wiyuach Makuach sat on her bed in a dimly lit ward of a hospital near South Sudan ’s border with Ethiopia and rested her remaining arm in her lap as she recalled the airstrike that took her other arm and nearly killed her. “ …

UN warns of deepening crisis as 4 million flee war-torn Sudan

The United Nations has reported a grim milestone in Sudan’s ongoing war: over 4 million people have fled the country since the conflict erupted in April 2023. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) issued a stark warning on Tuesday, emphasising that the crisis now …

More than four million refugees have fled Sudan, UN says

More than four million refugees have fled Sudan since the beginning of its civil war in 2023, UN refugee agency officials say.  The world's most "damaging displacement crisis" is now in its third year, with many survivors facing lack of …