2.3 million chidren facing malnutrition in South Sudan – new report

Author: James Atem Kuir | Published: 10 minutes ago Malnourished child in South Sudann - Photo: WFP/Gabriela The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) reports that 2.3 million children in South Sudan are at risk of acute malnutrition …

Japan extends SDF dispatch for U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan

Japan on Friday extended the dispatch of Self-Defense Forces personnel for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan until June 30 next year. The SDF personnel will be additionally tasked with gathering and analyzing security information. Japan " …

WHO Warns Of Growing Cholera Threat In Sudan And Potential Spread To Neighbouring Countries

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised an alarm over the rising number of cholera cases in Sudan, warning that the disease could spread to neighbouring countries such as Chad, where hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees are sheltering in …

Famine tracks two counties of South Sudan while fragile peace is threatened

The warning comes in the midst of increased violence and a worsening of food security which has 11 counties out of 13 in the state faced with levels of emergency hunger and 32,000 of these inhabitants faced with catastrophic hunger conditions, almost three …

From Gaza to South Sudan, private aid firms face questions

From South Sudan to Gaza, private firms deliver aid and face questions

Run by former US soldiers and officials, Fogbow says it provides vital aid to people in need in war-ravaged South Sudan 13 June 2025 - 17:15 By Aaron Ross Fifty-kilo sacks of food hurtled out the open hatch of the cargo plane, scattering in the wind on …

Sudan: Power struggles, resource rivalries amid war, hunger, violations

Amid the ongoing civil war in Sudan since April 2023, tensions have been steadily rising within the ruling camp, particularly between the Sudanese army, led by Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, and the signatories of the Juba Peace Agreement, who believe they are …

South Sudan peace deal at risk of collapse, UN warns

The Commission Chairperson Yasmin Sooka [UN photo]JUBA — The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan on Friday sounded the alarm that the 2018 peace deal is at serious risk of collapse while calling for urgent, coordinated regional intervention to …

New dawn as South Sudan admits 271 new lawyers to the bar

The swearing-in of the new lawyers was overseen by Justice James Alala Deng, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and witnessed by key dignitaries, including Vice President Taban Deng By Chuol Chanyong   A total of 271 new lawyers, including 50 women, were …

More than 122 million people remain on the move, with Sudan and Syria leading the list

The number of people who have been forced to flee their homes around the world has seen a slight reduction from an all-time high, but is still considered "unsustainably high", the UN said on Thursday.   By the end of 2024, a record 123.2 million …