[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- Uganda's refugee population is set to rise to over two million as the country is expected to host another 27,000 in the 2026/2027 financial year.

[African Union] The African Union Pan-African Institute for Education for Development (AU IPED), through the Global Partnership for Education Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (GPE KIX) Africa 19 Hub a joint initiative with Canada's International Dev...

[allAfrica] Geneva -- The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan has expressed its profound sorrow at the passing of Nicholas ''Fink'' Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan...

[RFI] South Sudan's army forced an estimated 100,000 people to flee across the border into Ethiopia after ordering the evacuation of the opposition-held town of Akobo earlier this month, Unicef said Tuesday.

[UN News] The UN is mourning the loss of Nicholas Haysom, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for South Sudan, whose went from advising Nelson Mandela following the historic anti-apartheid struggle to becoming a "tireless" champion of cris...

[allAfrica] Geneva -- The world's youngest nation, South Sudan, is facing a severe and worsening health emergency driven by conflict, displacement, flooding, food insecurity and repeated disease outbreaks, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday.

[Agenzia Fides] Juba -- "Mental Health - Invisible Wounds: Mental Health, GBV, and the Lived Realities of Women with Disabilities in South Sudan - Let us take action!" is the title of the roundtable organized by the ResPEct project at the University ...

[HRW] Are Accountability Efforts Credible or a Farce?

[The New Humanitarian] Akobo, South Sudan & Nairobi -- "There is no other description other than a full-scale war."

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[MSF] Juba - Hundreds of thousands of people in Akobo, Jonglei state, South Sudan, are facing an impossible choice as a government-forces led offensive on the town is imminent, following evacuation orders on 6 March. The number of people in the town,...

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[Unicef] Juba -- UNICEF strongly condemns the brutal attack in Abiemnhom County in the Ruweng Administrative Area of South Sudan, which resulted in the deaths of three children, while at least 13 others are receiving treatment in hospital. The assaul...

[U.S. Embassy Juba] On January 29, the U.S. Embassy kicked off its Freedom 250 celebrations. The Embassy proudly honored the timeless valor and heroic legacies of our Founders, who were fierce advocates for American liberty, steadfast models of publi...

[Liberian Observer] The Liberian government and its South Sudanese counterpart have entered a new phase of diplomatic engagement following the signing of three key bilateral agreements aimed at expanding cooperation and institutionalizing political d...

[RFI] The United Nations has expressed deep concern following another massacre in South Sudan, in which at least 169 people were killed and buried in a mass grave. Local officials have attributed the weekend attacks to intercommunal violence, which c...

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[Agenzia Fides] Juba -- A series of attacks on Sunday, March 1, left a total of 169 people dead in Abiemnhom County, in the Ruweng Administrative Area of South Sudan, including 79 soldiers. According to eyewitness accounts from survivors, armed youth...

[Dabanga] Abyei -- At least 167 people were killed, 68 injured, and 10 reported missing after an armed attack by an unidentified group on Abiemnom, about 40 kilometres north of the town of Abyei in the homonymous disputed area between Sudan and South...

[DW] Intensifying violence in the country has led the United Nations to warn that it could be returning to a civil war. Children, elderly people and women were among the victims of the recent attacks.

[MSF] Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned for the safety and wellbeing of our staff in Lankien and Pieri, Jonglei state, South Sudan, following a recent escalation of violence there.

[MSF] On 3 February 2026, MSF hospital in Lankien, Jonglei state, South Sudan, was hit in an airstrike by the government of South Sudan forces.

[The Conversation Africa] South Sudan has not held an election since it gained independence 15 years ago, and progress towards a new constitution has stalled. Election dates have been set and postponed at least three times. A new date has been set fo...

[UN News] Travelling more than 200 kilometres (124 miles) from Yambio, the capital of Western Equatoria State in southwestern South Sudan, a team of justice experts escorted by United Nations peacekeepers moved slowly along rough, dusty roads, determ...

[Nile Post] Authorities in Kaabong District have arrested a man accused of purchasing an illegal firearm from South Sudan and using it to raid cattle and terrorize local communities.

[UN News] South Sudan was the focus of debate in the UN Human Rights Council on Friday as escalating violence and political tensions - alongside a massive humanitarian emergency and war in neighbouring Sudan - threaten efforts to achieve lasting peac...

[HRW] HRW Oral Statement - EID on the Report of the Commission of Human Rights in South Sudan - HRC61

[DW] South Sudan's instability is deepening: a ninth finance minister since 2020, the suspended first vice president on trial for treason, and extreme violence in the country's largest state.

[Nile Post] The Ministry of East African Community Affairs has expressed deep concern over the ongoing blockage of more than 1,000 trucks at the Nimule border, citing South Sudan's new e-permit tax as the cause.