South Sudan
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US And WFP support food-insecure populations in Sudan and South Sudan
Mar 22, 2017News Hour: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), today welcomed the second of two recent shipments carrying urgently required food assistance for Sudan and South Sudan.... -
South Sudanese refugees trained on environment conservation at Jewi camp, Ethiopia
Mar 20, 2017News Hour: As part of its efforts to support the refugees and host communities in the Gambella Region of Ethiopia, IOM organized a training this week (15/03) for South Sudanese refugees on the impacts of deforestation... -
Urgent action needed to help millions facing famine in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, North-east Nigeria
Mar 2, 2017News Hour: Over 20 million people in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and northeast Nigeria are facing extreme levels of food insecurity. Severe drought conditions, conflict, insecurity, extreme violence and/or economic degradation, have led to famine in... -
Tens of thousands flood into Sudan from famine-hit South Sudan
Feb 27, 2017News Hour: More than 31,000 South Sudanese refugees – mostly women and children – have crossed the border into Sudan this year, fleeing famine and conflict, the United Nations refugee agency said on Monday. The United... -
6,000 displaced people relocated to ease overcrowding in Wau, South Sudan
Feb 22, 2017News Hour: IOM is improving living conditions for internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the crowded Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Wau, South Sudan. Hosting more than 30,000 IDPs, the Wau PoC site adjacent to the... -
South Sudan’s Arms embargo, sanctions fail at UN Security Council
Dec 24, 2016News Hour: The United Nations Security Council’s failure to approve a 23 December, 2016, resolution that would have imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan and placed a travel ban and asset freeze on three senior... -
Aid to reach more conflict-affected areas of South Sudan
Dec 21, 2016News Hour: IOM teams are now providing lifesaving humanitarian assistance, including emergency medical support, to displaced and conflict-affected families in insecure and hard-to-reach areas of South Sudan. Response teams are currently operating in the Greater Equatoria... -
CARE finds dire humanitarian situation in previously unaffected areas of South Sudan
Oct 16, 2016CARE is worried about the new spread of fighting and insecurity to the Greater Equatoria region, an area previously largely unaffected by the conflict that has engulfed the country since December 2013. CARE assessments in Imatong... -
Regional impact of South Sudan crisis growing as civilians flee insecurity
Oct 6, 2016News Hour: Nearly three years after conflict erupted in South Sudan, the regional impact of the crisis is rising alarmingly as the number of South Sudanese crossing international borders in search of safety grows each day.... -
Thousands of South Sudanese refugees living in deplorable conditions
Sep 29, 2016News Hour: Approximately 4,000 refugees who fled violence in South Sudan in December 2015 are living in deplorable conditions in Bambouti, a remote village of 1,000 inhabitants in the southeastern part of the Central African Republic...
