The conflict in Sudan has exacerbated South Sudan’s humanitarian situation, with hundreds of thousands of displaced and local communities suffering overlapping crisis from flooding and food insecurity to the impact of funding constraints, a UN agency said. Continue reading Sudan war worsens South Sudan’s dire humanitarian crisis – OCHA
Category: Humanitarian
“We’re getting killed everyday!”: S. Sudanese refugees in Sudan urge evacuation
A South Sudanese community leader in Sudan is appealing to the South Sudan government to rescue hundreds of its citizens who are trapped in the months of fighting and are reportedly “getting killed” on daily basis. Continue reading “We’re getting killed everyday!”: S. Sudanese refugees in Sudan urge evacuation
‘Where do we go?’, Gazans ask after Israel’s evacuation warning
Thousands of Palestinians poured into the streets of Gaza City on Friday in a panic to head southwards after Israel warned them to evacuate. But for many others, there is simply nowhere to go. Continue reading ‘Where do we go?’, Gazans ask after Israel’s evacuation warning
EU, UN agencies launch $26.5m project to support areas with IDPs, returnees
The European Union and United Nations agencies have launched a $26.5 million project aimed at strengthening education, resilience and social cohesion among displaced persons and returnees. Continue reading EU, UN agencies launch $26.5m project to support areas with IDPs, returnees
UN expert ‘disappointed’ by Juba’s decision to postpone visit
UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, on Tuesday, expressed her deep disappointment at the decision of the Government of South Sudan to postpone her visit to the country at short notice. Continue reading UN expert ‘disappointed’ by Juba’s decision to postpone visit
South Sudan urges International Community to lend hand to returnees, refugees
South Sudan’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management has called for collective action from the International Community to find durable solutions for the humanitarian crisis facing returnees and refugees in the country. Continue reading South Sudan urges International Community to lend hand to returnees, refugees
Highway attacks, muddy roads constraining humanitarian access – OCHA
The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said attacks against aid workers and assets as well as bad roads have hindered humanitarian response and impeded the movement of people displaced into South Sudan.
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UNMISS to establish base in Nasir County, says commissioner
Nasir County commissioner in Upper Nile State said the UN Mission in South Sudan will establish a temporary base in the area, amid an influx of refugees from Sudan and Ethiopia.
Duol Kun Thian said Sunday he met a UNMISS high-level delegation coming from the state capital, Malakal, to discuss the prospect of their return to the area 8 years after the South Sudan civil war forced them to vacate.
“We discussed general security situations and the status of the ongoing influx of returnees coming from Ethiopia Refugee Camps and Sudan,” Kun said in a statement posted on Facebook.
He said: “UNMISS expressed interest in coming back and operating in Nasir County once again after 8 years of destruction of civil war,” while adding that the state and local authorities have warmly welcomed them “their intention to come home wholeheartedly” as a peacekeeping force and international partner.
Govt, partners seek $358 million for humanitarian response
South Sudan government and partners need up to 358 million US dollars to respond to the dire humanitarian crisis in the country through the last quarter of this year, according to an official. Continue reading Govt, partners seek $358 million for humanitarian response
Adil dispatches team to Pibor for dialogue over child abductions
Central Equatoria governor has dispatched a committee to the Pibor Administrative Area to dialogue with local authorities about rampant child abduction in the state.
Emmanuel Adil Anthony formed the five-member delegation during a meeting of the state Council of Ministers meeting on Thursday.
The ad-hoc committee is headed by Adil’s advisor on Peace and Security, Hon. Angelo Daya.
It has a “clear mandate to dialogue with authorities of Greater Pibor Administrative Area and find some amicable remedies towards the recurring child abduction cases in the restive Counties of Terekeka and Juba,” according to a statement from the Governor’s press office.
There have been reports of rampant child abduction in the east and north of Central Equatoria State.
The latest incident was on Tuesday, October 3, when three children aged less than 10 years, were abducted from Langabu Boma by unidentified armed men, according to the Director of Lirya Payam of Juba County.
Christopher Sebit said the assailants also attacked their mother – leaving her in critical condition.
In 2017, the local government administrator revealed in research that at least 115 children had been abducted from the Lirya, Lokiliri, and Lowoi areas of Juba between 1989 and 2017.
The research also showed that at least thirty-six people were killed by abductors as they attempted to kidnap children.
Sebit’s study focused on the Impact of Child Abduction on Behavioral Attitude, Resilience, Security, and Economy in the Lulubo and Lokoya areas of Jubek State.
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