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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning that a grave protection crisis is unfolding in South Sudan’s eastern Jonglei State, where months of fighting and insecurity have forced hundreds of thousands ...
News South Sudan » Eastern Equatoria » People: Some 120,000 Sudanese refugees set to return to Eastern Equatoria
KAMPALA, Uganda, May 16 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has reached an agreement with Sudan and Uganda to begin the repatriation of some 120,000 refugees to south Sudan's Eastern Equatoria state. The ...
News South Sudan » Eastern Equatoria » People: Torit: SPLM official pledges grassroots mobilisation ahead of elections
The newly appointed secretary of the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) in Eastern Equatoria State said on Monday he would prioritise party unity and grassroots mobilisation ahead of ...
News South Sudan » Eastern Equatoria » People: People from South Sudan will lose temporary U.S. legal status
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The U.S. is ending temporary protected status for South Sudanese nationals effective Jan. 5, stripping legal ...
News South Sudan » Eastern Equatoria » People: More than 100 families in Torit benefit from donor-funded business project
More than 100 families in Torit County, Eastern Equatoria State, are earning income through small businesses established under a youth and women’s economic empowerment programme aimed at strengthening ...
News South Sudan » Eastern Equatoria » People: New MSF report exposes escalating attacks on civilians
Indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian structures – including bombing hospitals – forced recruitment, sexual violence, access constraints and shrinking humanitarian space are realities for ...
News South Sudan » Eastern Equatoria » People: What’s happening in South Sudan? 10 million people need help
South Sudan is the world’s youngest country, gaining independence in 2011. However, hopes for stability were quickly undermined: a brutal civil war from 2013 to 2018 killed hundreds of thousands of ...
News South Sudan » Eastern Equatoria » People: Exclusive: World's newest country is without medicine. And it's getting worse
For the people of South Sudan, the destruction of an MSF-run hospital meant the disappearance of the only secondary healthcare facility serving nearly 250,000 people across the region.