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JUBA (Reuters) - Opposing groups of government soldiers in South Sudan's Upper Nile state fought for a third day on Thursday, a ruling party official said, adding that the defense minister will travel ...
News South Sudan » Upper Nile » Government: South Sudan: IRC launches emergency response in Upper Nile and Unity state following escalation of conflict and deepening nutrition crisis
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 » Government: South Sudan’s aid crisis deepens as food stocks run low
More than one million people could lose life-saving aid by October as funding shrinks and arrivals from Sudan continue.
News South Sudan » Upper Nile » Government: South Sudan: As South Sudan Plans for Elections, a Town Counts the Cost of War
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 » Government: South Sudan church leaders call for halt to hostilities, civilian protection
To protect civilians amid worsening insecurity, killings, abductions, and displacement, members of South Sudan Council of Churches say “silence is no longer an option.” ...
News South Sudan » Upper Nile » Government: South Sudan’s Hunger Trap Deepens as Aid Shrinks and Food Routes Falter
More than one million vulnerable people in South Sudan could lose food and nutrition assistance by October, WFP warns. Shrinking aid budgets, disrupted trade and flooded farmland are deepening hunger ...
News South Sudan » Upper Nile » Government: UN Security Council Should Resist South Sudan Attempt to Undermine Peacekeepers
The South Sudanese government has demanded that the United Nations drastically scale back its peacekeeping mission in the country (UNMISS), including withdrawing 70 percent of its international ...
News South Sudan » Upper Nile » Government: Thousands displaced by escalating conflict in South Sudan's Greater Upper Nile Region
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 » Government: UNHCR prepares for refugee influx into South Sudan's Upper Nile state
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 » Government: Measels outbreak in Malakal Upper Nile State of South Sudan
01 October, 2013, Juba – The Ministry of Health, Republic of South Sudan in collaboration with the World Health Organization announce the outbreak of measles in Malakal County, Upper Nile state. This ...
News South Sudan » Upper Nile » Government: Sudan says RSF, SPLM-N attack Blue Nile region from South Sudan
January 25, 2026 (ED DAMAZIN) – The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) launched a large-scale attack on Sunday targeting areas in Sudan’s Blue Nile region ...