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These photographs were taken in refugee camps in the Upper Nile state of South Sudan in October 2012. More than 110,000 refugees are living in four crowded camps in Maban County. Officials expect that more will arrive when the rainy season has ended and people are once again able to cross the rivers from Sudan's Blue Nile area, where the Republic of Sudan's military has been bombing civilian populations as part of its response to an anti-government insurgency.

Appeal Target: US$ 6,319,600
Balance requested: USD 4,619,600

Dear colleagues,

Appeal Target: US$1,393,309 Balance Requested: US$1,037,004

Dear Colleagues, This appeal replaces the one issued on the 10 February 2012. It has been revised to include more realistic targets, activities, and budgets and to include an implementation timetable. All changes are highlighted in yellow colour.

Wednesday, May 09, 2012 • Melany Markham

In the middle of the Sudanese bush, 200km from the disputed border that runs between South Sudan and the country's northern neighbour lives a group of around 4,000 people.

Scattered among the trees, scrub and tall African grass, they live in newly built grass and mud huts, the so-called tukuls. They have little else except their homes - no food and no water - but these people have returned to the land they fled five years earlier.

As peace between the countries of South Sudan and the Republic of Sudan flounders, the humanitarian consequences of this political brinksmanship are expected to mount in the coming months.

The UN estimates that at least four million people -- half the population -- will need food assistance, and a 20% increase in child mortality is anticipated if immediate action is not taken. Heightened insecurity has left less time for farming initiatives and resulting food production. Below average rainfall in some areas of South Sudan is also contributing to food shortages.

Rapid Response Payment Request No. 03/2012 Funds Sent To: The Lutheran World Federation Amount Sent: USD 58,778 Date: 23 rd Feb 2012

Details of Response Emergency: Assistance to Sudanese refugees arriving at the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya Date of Emergency: 20 th February 2012 Requesting Member(s): The Lutheran World Federation, Kenya

DETAILS OF THE EMERGENCY:

by Melany Markham in Juba, South Sudan

January the 16th was like most other days in the town of Duk Padiet in Jonglei state, South Sudan. Achol Agol had walked through the heat and dust to the borehole to collect water for her three children, her brother and her father. The family lived together in a small compound close to the center of the town.

Appeal Target: US$ 840,000

Pledges received: US$ 219,218

Balance requested from ACT Alliance: US$ 620,782

Dear Colleagues,

The ethnic conflict between the Lou-Nuer and Murle ethnic groups in Jonglei State of South Sudan is a persistent problem characterised by counter attackes in the last seven months, which culminated into large scale attacks by thousands of Lou-Nuer ethnic group against the Murle in Pibor County in late December 2011 until January 2012.

Geneva, 05 January 2012

1. Brief description of the emergency For the last 2 weeks, there has been fierce fighting in the state of Jonglei in Southern Sudan. 6,000 armed men from the Lou-Nuer ethnic group attacked Pibor county, the home of the Murle community, in the latest of a series of raids between the two groups.