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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 » Social: As South Sudan plans for elections, a town counts the cost of war
Since renewed fighting between government and opposition forces erupted across large parts of South Sudan last year, collapsing the country’s fragile peace agreement, Akobo, in the east, has been one ...
News South Sudan » Upper Nile » Social: 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 » Social: South Sudan’s aid crisis deepens as food stocks run low
Renk, South Sudan – The arrivals begin before dawn. Women carry children and plastic bags; men walk with almost nothing. Every week, about 3,000 refugees and returnees cross into South Sudan from ...
News South Sudan » Upper Nile » Social: South Sudan charges VP Machar with treason, murder over military attack
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 » Social: 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 » Social: 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 » Social: South Sudan: As violations increase, UN Human Rights Council must renew mandate of Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
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 ...