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News South Sudan » Upper Nile » Events: South Sudan: IRC launches emergency response in Upper Nile and Unity state following escalation of conflict and deepening nutrition crisis

News channel or source: https://www.rescue.org/press-release/south-sudan-irc-launches-emergency-response-upper-nile-and-unity-state-following

Published on: Wednesday 06 August 2025

Juba, South Sudan, August 7, 2025 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has launched an emergency response in Unity and Upper Nile states in South Sudan to address growing humanitarian needs ...

News South Sudan » Upper Nile » Events: Thousands displaced by escalating conflict in South Sudan's Greater Upper Nile Region

News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/africa/news/press-releases/thousands-displaced-escalating-conflict-south-sudans-greater-upper-nile-region

Published on: Wednesday 07 December 2022

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the escalating armed conflict in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state which has displaced at least 20,000 people since August, some of them forced to flee for ...

News South Sudan » Upper Nile » Events: UNHCR prepares for refugee influx into South Sudan's Upper Nile state

News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/us/news/stories/unhcr-prepares-refugee-influx-south-sudans-upper-nile-state

Published on: Wednesday 07 November 2012

MABAN COUNTY, South Sudan, November 8 (UNHCR) - Aneim has just reached South Sudan's newest refugee camp, Gendrassa, after fleeing a devastating mid-October air attack on his village across the border ...

News South Sudan » Upper Nile » Events: South Sudan: As South Sudan Plans for Elections, a Town Counts the Cost of War

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202610140002.html

Published on: Tuesday 13 October 2026

The South Sudanese government, led by President Salva Kiir from the ruling SPLM party, formed a unity administration with the opposition SPLM/A-IO in 2020. It was part of a peace deal to resolve a ...

News South Sudan » Upper Nile » Events: South Sudan charges VP Machar with treason, murder over military attack

News channel or source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/11/south-sudan-charges-vp-machar-with-treason-murder-over-military-attack

Published on: Thursday 11 September 2025

Riek Machar, South Sudan’s first vice president, has been charged with murder, treason and crimes against humanity. The charges stem from his alleged involvement in attacks by a militia against ...

News South Sudan » Upper Nile » Events: South Sudan: As violations increase, UN Human Rights Council must renew mandate of Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan

News channel or source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/02/south-sudan-as-violations-increase-un-human-rights-council-must-renew-mandate-of-commission-on-human-rights-in-south-sudan/

Published on: Friday 27 February 2026

Responding to the presentation of a report by the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (CHRSS) on Friday 27 February to the UN Human Rights Council that documents the deteriorating human rights ...