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Africa · South SudanAn estimated 9.4 million people will have humanitarian and/or protection needs in 2023. Severe food insecurity will affect an estimated 8 million people, or 64 per cent of the total population. The Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan appealed to the government for leadership in increasing investments in peace and development.See the Story
UN raises alarm over increase of humanitarian needs in S. Sudan
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South Sudan · South SudanFour children with congenital heart conditions from South Sudan are expected to arrive Wednesday in Israel for treatment by Israeli pediatric cardiologists. The effort is a collaboration between the IsraAID and Save a Child's Heart organizations. The children will undergo heart surgery at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon. They were diagnosed during a medical mission from Save a child's Heart to South Sudan in March 2019.See the Story
Four Children from South Sudan to Undergo Heart Surgery in Israel
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South Sudan · South SudanThe talks between the government and a coalition of rebel groups were brokered in Rome by a Catholic association with ties to the Vatican. The government had previously pulled out of talks last year, accusing one of the groups, the National Salvation Front (NAS), of carrying out indiscriminate attacks in the south of the country.See the Story
South Sudan pulls out of peace talks with rebel groups
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South Sudan · South SudanIn May 2022, Youth Minister Dr. Albino Bol Dhieu suspended Gola Boyoi for allegedly overstepping his jurisdiction. Boyoi was accused of a breach of protocol by writing to the President of Egypt and the Deputy President of the Sudan Sovereign Council. But the elected youth leader defied his suspension, terming it unconstitutional.See the Story
Gola Boyoi apologizes to Youth Minister after 7-month fallout
South Sudan · South SudanThe Minister of General Education and Instructions Awut Deng Acuil has warned against leasing land belonging to Juba Technical Secondary School to a foreign organization. Parents of learners at the only technical school in the country, petitioned the Minister on November 7, demanding to have the move halted. Last year, the Maarif Foundation pledged to build an international school in Juba.See the Story
Awut warns against selling school land to foreign charity
United Nations · South SudanAlmost eight million people in South Sudan are at risk of hunger, the United Nations says. The proportion of people facing high levels of food insecurity and malnourishment "is at the highest level ever", it says. South Sudan has spent more than half of its life as a nation at war, with nearly 400,000 people dying during a five-year civil war that ended in 2018.See the Story
Nearly eight million at risk of starvation in South Sudan
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US & Canada · South SudanMaternal mortality rate in South Sudan is one of the highest in the world. A small clinic dedicated to reproductive health care for more than 200,000 people is about to be shut down. The U.N. has said it intends to end the clinic's operations by December.See the Story
Women's clinic in South Sudan a casualty of distracted world
47% Center coverage: 17 sources
US & Canada · South SudanEight out of the 10 states in South Sudan are currently flooded. Over 2 million people are internally displaced and have lost their livelihoods. Food insecurity now affects almost 65% of the population, authorities say. The East African country continues to recover from five years of civil war.See the Story
South Sudan says 2 million people affected by flooding
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Africa · South SudanUN: 173 people killed and 37 women and children kidnapped in South Sudan clashes. Violence caused 44,000 people to flee their homes across 26 villages. 131 cases of rape and gang-rape documented. South Sudan has been wracked by instability since independence in 2011 and is still struggling to draw a line under a five-year civil war.See the Story
Scores of civilians killed in South Sudan political clashes, UN says
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Civil War · South SudanSouth Sudan has been slowly implementing a peace deal signed in 2018 to end five years of civil war. President Salva Kiir called on the more than 20,000 new troops and other forces to refrain from political and ethnic divisions. More than 50,000 unified forces are expected to graduate this year.See the Story
South Sudan in peace milestone graduates 1st unified forces
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Floods · South SudanTorrential rains in Upper Nile and Bahr el-Ghazal regions. Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth said the floods have displaced thousands of people. South Sudan has experienced extreme flooding over the past three years. More than 800,000 people affected in 2021 alone.See the Story
South Sudan declares disaster in flood-affected areas
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