Climate hazards helping to double the number of displaced people to 120 million, UNHCR reports. Climate change is helping to drive a rising refugee crisis, adding to the huge numbers already displaced by conflict, according to a United Nations report. Three-quarters of the world’s forcibly displaced people live in countries…
A surge in malaria is reported in several states and is overwhelming the health system, according to a UN agency. Flooding in South Sudan has displaced more than 379,000 people, according to a United Nations update that warned about a surge in malaria. Aid agencies have said the world’s youngest…
Mading, South Sudan – On a hot morning in July, Michael Alier grabbed his assault rifle and headed out on a motorcycle taxi, known locally as a boda boda, to the bush in search of food. It was the wet season in Mading, some 200km from Juba, the capital of…
Government says it needs more time to complete a census, draft a permanent constitution and register political parties. South Sudan’s government has announced it is postponing long-delayed general elections until December 2026, citing a lack of preparedness. This is the second time the country, which gained independence in 2011, is…
We take a look at how 16 months of brutal fighting have plunged Sudan into one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history.  Sudan’s humanitarian crisis is rapidly escalating. With at least 750,000 people on the brink of starvation, NGOs warn that a disaster on a scale not…
The United Nations human rights chief has said that the apparent deliberate denial of safe access for humanitarian agencies within war-torn Sudan could amount to a war crime. “Sudan has become a living nightmare. Almost half of the population – 25 million people – are in urgent need of food…
A new truck arrives in the South Sudanese town of Renk, packed with dozens of elderly men, women and children, their exhausted faces betraying the strain of their traumatic journey out of war-ravaged Sudan. They are among more than half a million people who have crossed the border into South…
UN warns Africa’s youngest nation is facing a food crisis. South Sudan is on the verge of a devastating hunger catastrophe, the World Food Programme has warned. In its short history, Africa’s youngest country has been battered by armed conflict and the effects of climate change. Now, the influx of…
More than 50 people were killed in the violence along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. The disputed Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan is under curfew after attacks by a South Sudanese rebel group. More than 50 people were killed in the violence, including…
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