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UN peacekeepers defy South Sudan military’s order to leave opposition-held town

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan says it will not comply with a government order to shut down its base in Akobo, an opposition stronghold near the Ethiopian border where tens of thousands of refugees have fled.

 

Thousands of civilians in South Sudan flee opposition-held town after army’s evacuation order

Thousands of civilians have fled the opposition-held town of Akobo in eastern South Sudan following an evacuation order issued by the army to pave the way for an operation.

 

As fighting spirals in South Sudan, a humanitarian crisis looms for displaced survivors

Fighting has resumed in South Sudan eight years after a fragile peace was agreed. The conflict has caused the displacement of 280,000 people and widespread civilian casualties in the past two months in Jonglei state.

 

South Sudanese community fights to save land from relentless flooding worsened by climate change

Flooding worsened by climate change is forcing a community in South Sudan to work constantly to keep water from encroaching on their land.

 

Mental health clinics in violence-prone South Sudan are rare and endangered

Joy Falatiya says she fell apart after her husband kicked her and five children out of their home in South Sudan in March 2024.

 

Firms led by US military veterans deliver aid in Africa and Gaza, alarming humanitarian groups

In Gaza and Africa, U.S. contracting firms led by former American intelligence and military officers are taking on aid delivery in conflict zones.

 

As flooding becomes a yearly disaster in South Sudan, thousands survive on the edge of a canal

Flooding is becoming a yearly disaster in South Sudan. The World Bank has described the nation as “the world’s most vulnerable country to climate change and also the one most lacking in coping capacity.”