As the world’s youngest country, South Sudan faces numerous challenges. More than half its people don’t have enough to eat, and inter-communal violence has left hundreds of thousands in need of basic life-saving aid. Since conflict broke out in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile States in 2011, over 170...
Humanitarian organizations have reported that up to 40,000 refugees affected by conflict and food shortages in Sudan could arrive in South Sudan by the end of the year, after the heavy rains and flooding subside.
Since the conflict broke out in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile regions in 2011, over 170,000...
On World Humanitarian Day, we remember our colleagues who have been killed while working to help others. In 2011, 308 humanitarian workers were killed, injured or kidnapped. Most of them were local staff, and most of them were targeted because of their work.
This year, we are marking World Humanitarian Day by celebrating...
Under the shade of a Nima tree
Under the heat of the midday sun and the shade of a tall Nima tree, Kennedy Monoja greets each patient with a warm smile as they queue to see him. Before the day is out, he will have made some 80 diagnoses. Kennedy Stevenson Monoja is a South Sudanese Clinical Officer working with the...
Sudanese refugees are entering South Sudan in large numbers as they flee fighting and food shortages in Sudan’s Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan states. At the start of July, up to 1,000 people were arriving at South Sudan’s biggest refugee site in Unity state every day.
The refugee crisis began a year ago...