(UNMISS) – Living without enough food, access to clean water, education, or a roof over their heads is normal for many children living in remote communities across South Sudan. This is simply their reality after growing up in the midst of a conflict that has raged across the country since civil war broke out in […]
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(The Guardian) – “Food,” says John Lasona, “tortures my mind.” Hunched over, bare-chested, the 48-year-old father in Lainya town runs his fingers over his hollowed frame. “The hunger is killing me.” Link
(NPR) – In South Sudan, millions of people have been on the run, fleeing violence since civil war broke out in December 2013. The U.N. is calling it the world’s largest refugee crisis. Health workers are on the run, too. How do they tend to the needs of civilians in perpetual flight? Doctors Without Borders is […]
(Reuters) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir’s government is using food as a weapon of war to target civilians by blocking life-saving aid in some areas, United Nations sanctions monitors told the Security Council in a confidential report seen by Reuters on Friday. During 2016 and 2017, the U.N. monitors said a military campaign by government […]
(ICRC) – Since my last briefing, brutal attacks have continued, unabated, against the wounded and sick, medical care providers, ambulances and health care facilities. We are at risk of creating a ‘new normal’: too many actors are legitimizing attacks as “collateral damage” rather than outrageous violations. The question we need to be asking today is ‘where […]
