News Monitor

Since early December, more than 120,000 people have fled the ongoing violence in Blue Nile, White Nile and Sennar states in Sudan, to South Sudan. Dozens of wounded required urgent medical care.

Between July and September 2024, the UN documented 206 incidents affecting 792 civilians, of which 299 were killed, 310 injured, 151 abducted and 32 subjected to conflict-related sexual violence.

Since December, fighting near the border has caused a drastic surge in arrivals from Sudan. Since April 2023, over 900,000 people have fled to South Sudan, which now hosts 506,000 refugees, with 150,000 more expected in 2025.

Women and girls were subjected to arbitrary and unlawful arrests largely for refusing arranged marriages, seeking divorce, in patterns of abuse reinforcing the use of gender as an instrument of control.

The protracted crisis in South Sudan is deepened by conflict, extreme effects of climate change, disease outbreaks, economic crisis and the impact of the ongoing conflict in neighbouring Sudan.

More than 20,000 Sudanese crossed into South Sudan last week – tripling the number of daily arrivals on previous weeks. Since Saturday, there have been an additional 7,000–10,000 new arrivals daily.

Since the first suspected case was reported on 5 November, the number of people affected has risen significantly, placing an immense strain on the limited response to date.

Data shows 57% of the population will be acutely food insecure through the 2025 lean season as economic pressures, climate extremes, and the effects of Sudan's war drive worsening hunger.

The 1954 Convention regulates the status of stateless people and ensures their access to fundamental rights, while the 1961 Convention offers carefully detailed safeguards to prevent statelessness.

The influx of people arriving in overcrowded conditions with limited access to clean water and sanitation has amplified the risk of cholera transmission in both transit centers and host communities.

WFP is urgently appealing to donors to provide early funding for next year’s operations so the food agency can preposition food to prevent spiralling operational costs and hunger through 2025.

Unprecedented flooding has affected more than 81,300 people and displaced 46,500 people in the state. These numbers continue to rise and put vulnerable people at risk of diseases such as cholera.

The floods have affected 42 of South Sudan's 78 counties. Fifty-eight health facilities have been submerged in five counties and nearly 90 others are inaccessible, with about 15 main roads cut off.

South Sudan is now hosting more than half a million refugees across 30 locations, mainly in refugee camps in Maban, Jamjang, Wedweil, and Gorom. This figure has almost doubled since 2023.

Refugees fleeing conflict in Sudan are facing hunger and disease in South Sudan as humanitarian funding dries up, food rations are squeezed, and the cost of food soars.

In the Abyei Administrative Area, heavy rains have significantly disrupted the main supply route in southern Abyei, obstructing humanitarian access and delaying deliveries.

Further anticipated flooding will likely exacerbate existing vulnerabilities, especially in remote communities with significant access constraints to humanitarian aid.

The likely increase in rainfall in 2024 is very concerning given the number of people at risk in flood-prone areas, threats to WASH and the risk of water- and vector-borne disease transmission - MSF.