More than 600,000 people have been affected by flooding so far this year, with 50,000 people displaced in September alone. Hundreds of thousands more are at risk from diseases and food insecurity.
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Flooding worsens in South Sudan, raising health risk
Severe flooding has affected an estimated 800,000 people, destroying homes and leaving people without adequate food, water or shelter in the backdrop of multiple emergencies including COVID-19.
Violence, floods leave thousands homeless and at-risk of malnutrition and disease in South Sudan
The International Committee of the Red Cross fears that those living in remote areas are at grave risk of malnutrition and disease, as some areas are impossible to reach due to flooding.
Scale and severity of acute food insecurity continue to rise in South Sudan
With escalating inter-communal conflict and recent economic shocks associated with COVID-19, emergency (IPC Phase 4) outcomes are widespread at the July/August peak of the lean season.
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Heavy rainfall and flooding in Eastern Africa affecting 2.5 million people
In multiple countries, the floods have compounded the consequences of recurrent drought, violence and conflict, leaving people’s lives and livelihoods upended by multiple shocks.
Food insecurity remains at emergency and crisis levels for 2.5 million people in South Sudan
The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification update confirms earlier projections and highlights shift of distribution of food insecurity across the country.
Aid agencies reach 3.5 million people, despite insecurity
The conflict has created a dire food security situation, with about 1.5 million people remaining in crisis and emergency phases of food insecurity until December.
Humanitarian organizations reached 90% of the people aimed to be assisted in 2014
Aid organizations providing water, sanitation and hygiene support reached 3.5 million people as of October, though the response needed to be sustained.
How the world must act now to prevent catastrophe in 2015
Aid agencies fear that efforts this year to prevent the crisis from deteriorating will falter as rival sides are regrouping, ready to resume violence once the rainy season ends this month.
Floods, disease and death in Bentiu
With the flooding, already squalid living conditions for the over 46,000 people seeking shelter at the UN base in Bentiu have worsened, increasing the risk of waterborne diseases.
Latest humanitarian snapshot highlights flood and disease risk in South Sudan
Over 68 per cent of the estimated 1.3 million people displaced within South Sudan are sheltering in flood-prone sites where they are at risk of contracting malaria, acute respiratory infections and other diseases.
Severe flooding in Bentiu affects Protection of Civilians site
Flooding has set back progress, especially on sanitation. The water has begun to recede, but collapsing soil and overflowing sewage systems make it difficult to construct new latrines.
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Cholera outbreak spreads further
Though initially largely confined to Juba County, the disease has spread, with outbreaks or alerts reported in nine of 10 states. As of 2 July, 2,613 cases have been reported, with 63 deaths.
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Aid agencies release plan to assist up to 4 million people in South Sudan by December
Six months into the conflict, around 1.5 million people have been uprooted from their homes and over seven million people are at risk of hunger and disease.
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Rain and flooding worsen living conditions in displacement sites
The latest OCHA situation report highlights heavy rains and deteriorating conditions caused by flooding especially in Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile states.
Aid community must take steps to protect South Sudanese
A sustained cessation of hostilities is the most critical element to preventing the current situation from becoming worse, according to a new Refugees International report.
Oxfam calls for a ‘massive and rapid global surge’ in aid effort to avoid catastrophic hunger
Crisis reaches ‘now or never moment’ says the agency as it launches public appeal calling on governments to respond to UN appeal without delay, which is currently 40 per cent funded.
Crisis continues to disrupt implementation of key health programmes
Latest WHO report details health sector response, including vaccination campaigns. The prevailing insecurity has led to targeted damage to health system functions and medical missions.
Health, protection risks for IDPs sheltering in overcrowded UN bases
Since fighting broke out across nearly half of South Sudan in mid-December, at least 75,000 people have fled to UN compounds, desperate for security and shelter. More than four months later, as battles continue, the displaced are still arriving at the UN gates.
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UN official calls ongoing violence ‘an outrage’ to country’s people
The number of people seeking shelter at the UN mission base in the Unity state capital, Bentiu, has doubled over the past few days, UN Humanitarian Coordinator Toby Lanzer said today.