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East-Central Africa

South Sudan

Renewed violence is driving displacement and damaging health and nutrition facilities in already vulnerable areas. Seasonal flooding, disease outbreaks and severe hunger compound the pressure on families and the communities hosting them. People returning from neighbouring Sudan are arriving in a country whose humanitarian services are already overstretched.

  • Conflict
  • Flooding
  • Severe hunger
A woman stands beside a temporary shelter in South Sudan.

Photo: WFP/Gabriela Vivacqua

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Four ways into the story.

Reporting and operational updates from humanitarian organizations working on the crisis.

UNICEF

Ongoing conflict and increasing mass displacement

A focused update on escalating conflict and humanitarian conditions, particularly in Jonglei State.
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UNICEF

South Sudan humanitarian flash update

Health-facility losses, disease outbreaks, displacement and protection concerns.
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UNHCR

South Sudan emergency

The displacement picture and UNHCR’s support for refugees, returnees and host communities.
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World Food Programme

South Sudan emergency

Current hunger analysis and WFP’s food, nutrition and logistics response.
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