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Fears grow as locusts swarm towards South Sudan

Keeping mothers safe during coronavirus in South Sudan

South Sudan: brutal killing of Save the Children contractor

Save the Children says children in South Sudan who have been displaced are at risk of cholera

Dimmed hope for flood affected children in South Sudan

FLOODING, CONFLICT, AND HUNGER CRUSHING THE LIVES OF SOUTH SUDAN’S CHILDREN

Save the Children welcomes decline in violations against children in South Sudan

Refugees fleeing conflict in Sudan face hunger and disease in South Sudan as aid funding dries up, food rations are squeezed, and food costs soar.

The ongoing humanitarian crisis in South Sudan has left many individuals displaced, vulnerable, and inadequately supported

South Sudan: More than 200,000 children forced to flee their homes following flooding

CHILDREN IN SOUTH SUDAN SAY HUNGER IS FORCING THEM INTO CHILD MARRIAGE AND CRIME

One in two people face starvation in South Sudan, as extreme hunger hits more states.

bout 1,000 people a day are fleeing into South Sudan from Sudan after nearly one year of war, arriving in scorching heat and with children in dire nee

Dangerously high temperatures have forced schools across South Sudan to close for the second year in a row, putting learning out of reach for many children and pushing them further into risks like early marriage, child labour and recruitment into armed groups, Save the Children said.

South Sudan on the brink of famine as it braces for worst floods in 60 years

Eight years after independence, highest number of people ever face critical food shortages in South Sudan

South Sudan: Number of people in crisis levels of hunger increases by 50% in 10 years

Violence, flooding, and displacement push one million children in South Sudan to the brink of starvation

Save the Children has reunited Simon* with his brother Samuel* in South Sudan - the 7,000th reunification by the child rights organisation

South Sudan: At least 75 people killed including three children as violence surges in Abyei

Save the Children condemns the killing of humanitarian workers and children during intercommunal violence in South Sudan

Fears of polio spike among children in South Sudan as new cases put children’s lives at further risk

A deadly mix of conflict, climate change and poverty have pushed 2.3 million children aged under 5 in South Sudan into life threatening acute malnutrition, with rates soaring just months after foreign governments announced the slashing of funds to the world’s poorest countries, Save the Children said.

Save the Children, with funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), has launched a US$18.6 million project to strengthen climate resilience through education across South Sudan.

Escalating violence in South Sudan's Jonglei state has forced the withdrawal of aid agencies from key areas, triggering mass displacement and leaving families stranded and without essential and life-saving service.

Girls in South Sudan and Iraq displaced by conflict tell of increased risk of child marriage, pregnancy, violence, and mental health issues

At least five children with cholera in South Sudan have died on an arduous journey to seek medical treatment, after aid cuts forced their local health services to close in the middle of a major outbreak of the deadly disease, Save the Children said.

Families and children in South Sudan’s eastern Jonglei state are surviving on leaves and water lilies as hunger surges towards famine levels in parts of the country following three months of escalating violence.

Sudan: Life-saving messages reach North Darfur and South Kordofan in effort to halt the spread of COVID-19

Nearly two-thirds of South Sudanese children surveyed aged between 5 and 17 years are engaged in the worst form of child labour, with rates soaring to as high as 90% in the worst hit regions, according to a new report by the Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare.

Children fleeing the violence in Sudan are arriving in South Sudan and Egypt showing signs of acute distress and shock with some withdrawn

Almost 1 year on since the conflict broke out in Sudan, colleague Stephen provides an account on what fleeing the conflict to South Sudan was like.

The first shipment of vaccines to South Kordofan state in nearly three years will restore lifesaving immunisation services to children and communities cut off from essential supplies due to conflict and siege.

A year of conflict has left Sudan’s immunisation safety net frayed. Gavi and Save the Children are helping vaccinators patch it back up.

JUBA, 20th, January 2026 – Thousands of families affected by conflict and severe flooding in South Sudan will receive lifesaving cash, health and nutrition support in the next four months as European Union injects more funds to South Sudan, Save the Children said.

JUBA, 9 June 2026 – Families and children in South Sudan’s eastern Jonglei state are surviving on leaves and water lilies as hunger surges towards famine levels in parts of the country following three months of escalating violence, Save the Children said.Many families in Jonglei state have been left without essential and life-saving services since an escalation in violence in March led to the suspension of aid operations in areas and government orders to aid agencies to evacuate, triggering mass displacement.

One Save the Children staffer who was caught up in the violence has told a harrowing story of suffering and survival, following the repeated evacuations of towns across Akobo County in eastern Jonglei state since the start of the year.

This year an estimated 1.4 million people – about one sixth of the population in the world’s newest country – face the threat of flooding.

Almost five years of conflict and more than four million people uprooted have combined to see children separated across the country

This includes more than 650,000 children expected to be facing the most deadly form of malnutrition – severe acute malnutrition - a rise of 30% from 480,000.

Monica* is a 25-year-old woman, who was born in South Sudan but fled to Sudan in 2013 when war broke out and had to flee back to South Sudan last year

Save the Children said it has suspended all operations in Walgak in Akobo Country and was pulling its 30 staff out of the area after its field office was burnt the ground and its Primary Health Care Centre (PHCC) destroyed, cutting off essential services for hundreds of children and families.

The latest IPC figures show that next April, between planting and harvesting, about 3.5 million children–53%–will be facing acute hunger, up from 42% currently.

Statement: New cases of Ebola in South Kivu

Kim’s story: Growing up gay in South Africa

Children and families living in near-siege conditions in Kadugli in southern Sudan have run out emergency food supplies, with fighting blocking acces

Sudan: Violence cuts off access to health services for 14,000 children

Nearly half of children in Sudan are set to go hungry says Save the Children

The conflict in Sudan has seen a major increase in intensity in recent weeks, with violence hitting a seven-month high

Sudan Country Director Arshad Malik crosses a submerged road in Gezira State (Credit: Ahmed Kodouda / Save the Children)

Save the Children press release on hunger and severe acute malnutrition in Sudan

Reaching every last girl in Sudan

SUDAN: 17,000 children per day to fall into crisis levels of hunger by September

Teen pregnancies in South Africa jump 60% during COVID-19 pandemic

Potential risk of famine in Yemen and South Sudan, warns Save the Children.

Conflict in Sudan is driving hunger to record levels

Hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza and Sudan are at risk of famine. But what does that mean exactly?

The number of children killed, injured or facing other grave violations in Sudan soared six-fold in 2023 to a record high

Thousands of children in eastern Sudan are at risk of cholera following a major outbreak caused by widespread flooding.

Technology has allowed for Save the Children to facilitate the reunification of 7,000 children with their families in South Sudan.

Armed groups occupying health facilities and looting supplies in Sudan are taking life-saving treatment from millions of child

It is estimated that about 4,000 babies are born on average every day in Sudan, which has entered its 18th month of conflict.

Nine schools supported by Save the Children damaged in South Africa violence

As COP29 is coming to an end, Save the Children and child campaigners in Baku remind world leaders that children’s rights must be at the centre of negotiations over the climate finance goal.

Picture of Naomi from South Sudan, speaking at the Plenary at COP28 in Dubai

New data released today by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), global acute malnutrition rates in the Um Baru and Kernoi localities have reached nearly 53% and 34% respectively, with concerns that nearby areas may also be experiencing similar catastrophic conditions, with the extent remaining unknown due to access constraints [1].

Aid agencies including Save the Children, who work on education in Sudan, warn that the country is on the brink of the worst education crisis in the world

More than 350 children murdered in South Africa between October and December 2021

Urgent, life-saving funding is needed to respond to the massive and worsening crisis in Sudan

Drawing by Maram who is supported by Save the Children in a child-friendly space in Sudan

Save the Children press release on Sudan raising one fifth of funds raised for Notre Dame cathedral

War in Ukraine threatens to increase hunger in Sudan

South Africa: Save the Children calls for greater protection of children as violence spreads

Save the Children is committed to protecting children in Sudan press release

Actor and screenwriter Sacha Baron Cohen has donated US$500,000 to Save the Children and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) for their work in Sudan which is facing the world’s largest displacement crisis and heading towards the worst famine seen in decades.

Aid Worker Account from Omer Sharfy in Sudan to mark one month since the fighting erupted.

Deaths of two children signals looming hunger crisis over Sudan

Sudan is one of the world’s largest humanitarian emergencies and one of the gravest crises for children’s rights. Every day the fighting continues, another generation of children remains shut out of school. Yet amidst all this, there are stories of children who refuse to let go of hope. Vishna Shah, Director for Child Rights Advocacy and Campaign at Save the Children International, met some of these children during her recent visit to Sudan.

Number of children displaced across Sudan likely highest in the world

Sudan crisis: Children forced to work, skip meals as situation worsens

Children must be protected in Sudan amidst surge in violence

Ezibon Saadalla Khamis is Humanitarian Communications Coordinator with Save the Children South Sudan. He is passionate about his job, especially working directly with children and knowing every story, photo and video he captures helps to amplify their voices for a brighter future. Here, he explains what drives him.

Between February 20 and 26, Sudan’s Ministry of Health [1], reported over 2243 cases of cholera - or an average of nearly 400 cases a day - in Kosti. At least 70 people are confirmed to have died from the illness during this period.

Save the Children to provide supported playgroup for bushfire affected children in New South Wales

Save the Children office looted in Sudan as country endures third day of fighting

Power outages across Sudan have destroyed cold chain storage facilities for lifesaving vaccines, as well as the national stock of insulin and several

One in four people face severe hunger in Sudan as food crisis deepens

As thousands cross border into Sudan, focus must be on safety of children

During one year of war in Sudan more than 10 million children have been in an active warzone

"Children are famine’s first victims and are already facing avoidable and excruciating deaths due to malnutrition and disease," Mary Lupul, Save the Children's Sudan Humanitarian Director.

Torrential rains have created further havoc for families in eastern South Africa just a month after the worst floods in living memory killed more than 400 people and made nearly 7,000 people homeless.

Sudan: About 7,600 children fleeing homes daily in world’s largest child displacement crisis

Agriculture accounts for up to 80% of food and income in Sudan, but the conflict, combined with climate pressures, has decimated farming and further declines in cereal production are forecasted ahead of planting starting this month.

Save the Children is providing healthcare support to children and families in Sudan thanks to the work of brave local healthcare workers.

Save the Children welcomes important landmark decision in Sudan to criminalise Feminine Genital Mutilation

a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } Save the Children’s 2025 SHF-supported response delivered life‑saving aid across Sudan, reaching conflict‑affected and displaced communities with essential services. Through WASH, health, nutrition, protection, food security, and shelter support, families regained safety, dignity, and resilience. Flexible, community‑driven interventions restored critical services in hard‑to‑access areas, improving well‑being for children and caregivers nationwide.

Nearly 500 children die from hunger in Sudan as fighting halts life-saving treatment programmes

In this firsthand blog, Vishna Shah-Little, Save the Children’s Director of Child Rights, Advocacy and Campaigning, shares her experiences travelling across Sudan, witnessing collapsing healthcare, mass displacement, and families’ urgent needs. Her reflections highlight the lifesaving importance of open clinics, supported health workers, and sustained funding to protect children’s health, dignity, and hope as the conflict continues.

SUDAN: SAVE THE CHILDREN CALLS ON ALL PARTIES TO PRIORITISE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF CHILDREN

SURGE IN CONFLICT IN SUDAN’S BLUE NILE REGION KILLS TWO CHILDREN AND INJURES 10

Teenage girls are being sexually assaulted and raped by armed combatants in Sudan in alarming numbers

19 million children in Sudan out of school as conflict rages on – UNICEF, Save the Children

Three children were born into war every minute in Sudan since the conflict erupted three years ago as widespread violence, repeated attacks on civilian infrastructure, and the collapse of essential health services place millions of mothers and newborns at deadly risk.

SUDAN: Violence must end after five children are reportedly shot in recent political unrest

Sudan: 250,000 children impacted by flooding as the Nile records highest water levels in over a century

Save the Children press release on fighting in Al Jazira state, Sudan

Save the Children aid workers travelling on a herd of donkeys have delivered the first emergency medical supplies, food, water and tarpaulins to a remote village in western Sudan that was cut off by a massive landslide this week

SOUTH ASIA FLOODS: More than three million children affected by severe flooding across India, Bangladesh and Nepal

Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia and Mali top list of countries where education systems most at risk of collapse

Millions of children in Sudan have missed nearly 500 days of learning since the war started in April 2023 in what has become one of the world’s longest school closures, surpassing the worst shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Save the Children press release on Sudan and the worsening situation for children

Press release on babies born in Sudan with no healthcare in next three months from Save the Children

Two brothers severely injured in an airstrike as they were playing football are the focus of an animated film released by Save the Children on the third anniversary of the conflict in Sudan.

Nearly 1,000 people have been killed so far this year in Sudan while seeking health care or visiting loved ones in hospital

Death rates from major cholera outbreaks in Sudan and Nigeria have surged to up to three times the global average putting thousands of children at risk as cases continue to rise as conflict and flooding hamper access to treatment, said Save the Children.

Every minute on average, 8 people have been displaced from their homes in Sudan. This is 11,000 people every single day. Over 1,000 days, nearly 12 million people have been displaced – roughly equivalent to the entire population of Belgium – and one fifth of the population.

New analysis by Save the Children of Global Education Cluster figures showed that about 13 million of 17 million school-age children in Sudan are out of school in one of the world’s worst education crises.

Save the Children analysed instances of violence in Sudan recorded by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) between 15 April 2023 and 31 January 2025 [1] and found over 700 violent events targeting civilians in the last three months of 2024 - much higher than any other quarter in the conflict.

Hundreds of Ethiopian separated child refugees arriving in Sudan at risk of exploitation and abuse, Save the Children warns

Families living in Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp are resorting to desperate measure like eating one meal a day and some as far as eating animal feed to survive after four months of famine has children facing extreme food shortages with 19 months of fighting taking toll on besieged North Darfur region, Save the Children said.

New figures reveal over half of the 11 million displaced – or 5.8 million - are children under 18, and over one quarter – or 2.8 million - are children aged under five.

Thousands of families have arrived injured, traumatised and with no food or water in the town of Tawila after journeys of up to 70km (40 miles) on foot to flee attacks in Sudan’s Zamzam and Al Shouk camps, Save the Children said.

A staff account from a health manager working in Sudan. In this blog he speaks about how the conflict is impacting people in North Darfur.

Sudan: calls for an end to violence in Darfur as death toll reaches 200, including children and three aid workers

The extremely high rate of global acute malnutrition (GAM) among children under 5 is pushing communities into high risk of famine for the first time since the war began over 18 months ago.

COVID-19 complicates response to unprecedented South Asia monsoons, warns Save the Children

Save the Children and its partners spoke to over 450 of these displaced children in Tawila for the assessment “Children Caught in Conflict”, with children describing traumatic journeys and expressing fear, grief, and a profound sense of uncertainty about their futures.

The shipment, transported from Port Sudan, is expected to support over 80,000 children and 57,000 adults in Tawila and is enough to keep 20 health facilities and mobile clinics serving displaced communities running for six months.

Sudanese illustrator Shiroug Idris highlights the impact of the Sudan conflict on children’s lives.

Nearly 500 unaccompanied and separated children have arrived in Blue Nile and Gedaref states over six weeks as fighting forces more people to flee.

The warning over essential supplies at North Darfur’s Zamzam camp comes after families and children have endured seven months of living in famine conditions, with crippling food shortages and a lack of basic services

The consignment is enough to keep hundreds of health facilities running for 6-12 months, allowing hundreds of thousands of children to be treated.

These are the latest incidents in nearly two years of war with Sudan now facing the world’s largest displacement crisis with 14 million people forced to flee their home seeking safety.

The planeload of medical supplies and medicines including antibiotics such as amoxicillin, which is used to treat bacterial infections such as pneumonia, landed at Damazine Airport on 25 November.

How Save the Children supported a child in Sudan have a surgery and recover amidst the ongoing conflict and collapsed healthcare system.

Shaima Al-Obaidi is a senior media manager at Save the Children UK, specialising in reporting on children impacted by conflict. She has previously been deployed to Afghanistan, Somalia, South Sudan and is currently on a deployment in Gaza.

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Partnership (IPC) alerts today of famine-level acute malnutrition detected in two more localities in North Darfur, Um Baru and Kernoi. Just three months ago, the IPC warned that famine was ongoing in Darfur and Kordofan states, with a high risk that these conditions would further spread.The newly identified levels of acute malnutrition represent extreme, life-threatening deprivation, and famine may soon be confirmed by the IPC in these additional areas. For small children, the danger is especially acute: malnutrition gravely weakens their immunity, leaving them far more vulnerable to disease at a time when healthcare and other services have been severely disrupted, if not collapsed entirely. We know from global experience that famine confirmations often come too late. Thousands may have already died, and many surviving children are likely to face lifelong damage.This new alert confirms what communities and responders have been fearing for months. Starvation is rising, and becoming entrenched in areas humanitarian actors are prevented from accessing. Even in places where we can operate, resources are drastically insufficient to meet overwhelming needs and halt the spread of hunger.Save the Children, along with 21 international humanitarian organisations warn that other areas are likely to be facing similar catastrophic conditions. Yet escalating conflict and severe access restrictions prevent comprehensive assessments and timely response. For nearly three years, armed actors in Sudan have conducted deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure essential for survival. Sudan is also the site of a relentless war on women and girls, who continue to face systematic conflict-related sexual violence. This violence has displaced millions from their homes and livelihoods, devastated people’s ability to produce and distribute food, and routinely blocked their access to water, healthcare and protection services.Restricted humanitarian access, continued funding shortfalls and insufficient political will are converging into a catastrophe that should never have been allowed to unfold. Without immediate and unhindered access for humanitarian operations, alongside a rapid increase in resources, including to local actors, the spread of starvation will not cease.Note to Editors:List of INGOs: Action Against Hunger (ACF), Africa Humanitarian Action (AHA), CARE, Concordis, Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI), DanChurchAid (DCA), Danish Refugee Council (DRC), Humanity & Inclusion (HI), International Rescue Committee (IRC), LM International, MedGlobal, Medical Teams International (MTI), Mercy Corps, Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Plan International, Relief International (RI), Save the Children, Solidarités International (SI),Trócaire, Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (VSF), and World Vision.Sudan remains the world’s largest hunger, protection and displacement crisis, with over 33 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance and over 9 million displaced internally.Nearly 29 million people are acutely food insecure (61.7% of the population)Almost 10.2 million people fall into the severe and extreme categories of food insecurity, levels associated with extreme hunger, malnutrition and death.Women are disproportionately affected: female-headed households are three times more likely to be food insecure than those led by menAcute malnutrition for children aged 6-59 months and pregnant and breastfeeding women is expected to deteriorate in 2026, with nearly 4.2 million estimated cases of acute malnutrition, including more than 800,000 cases of severe acute malnutrition (SAM). This number is expected to rise as the situation continues to deteriorate.Barely 40% of the required funding to address the humanitarian crisis was secured in 202557%, more than half of the displaced people who are suffering from hunger do not receive aid due to lack of funding.

Save the Children has launched its “Delete the Children” campaign in Korea to ramp-up protection of children’s images online. AI crisis.

Attacks cut off food supplies to famine-stricken Zamzam displacement camp People attacked as attempting to flee violenceTwo aid workers killed in Zamzam during the attacks, and local responders under constant threat as wellNo access to critical medical care in the area

To mark two years of the conflict, Save the Children commissioned Sudanese illustrator Shiroug Idris – who was herself displaced by the conflict - to highlight the impact of conflict on children’s lives.

The thousands of displaced children and their families are now seeking refuge within other parts of DRC as well as across the border in Burundi and Rwanda.

Save the Children calls for an immediate ceasefire to prevent further suffering, ensure safe humanitarian access, and stop the conflict from escalating further across the region.

In a collection of heartfelt letters written by children from River Nile, Red Sea and Gedarif, they are calling for peace and a chance to learn again in Sudan which is facing one of the world’s worst education emergencies with 17 million children out of school. Hundreds of school buildings have been damaged or destroyed since the beginning of the war in Sudan in April 2023, with over 3,200 schools (17% of all schools) being used as shelters.

Eight aid workers describe their experiences of the brutality of the constant bombardment in El Fasher.

Torrential rains caused a landslide in the village of Tarsin in the Marrah Mountains in the western region of Darfur on Sunday, cutting off road access.

At least 18 people, including children, were killed on Wednesday when a drone strike hit a water collection point in Umm Rusum village, located in Al-Sunut locality of West Kordofan State, according to local media.

For nearly a year, people in ZamZam camp, Abu Shouk camp and Al Fasher town have lived under siege—cut off, starved, and terrorised. Over the past four months they have endured relentless attacks, including artillery shelling and ground incursions that have killed, wounded or displaced countless civilians.

Press release Save the Children mpox spreading South Kivu DRC children

Reactive statement on attacks on south of Lebanon that killed at least 4 children

Up to 400,000 Palestinians are trapped across northern Gaza, and a deadly fire is spreading through Gaza's Al-Aqsa hospital sheltering thousands in the so-called “humanitarian zone” following an Israeli airstrike.

Save the Children International CEO Inger Ashing shares the challenges children faced in 2023 in places such as Sudan and Gaza.

In Khartoum’s Karari locality, a neighbourhood restaurant becomes a lifeline each morning. Led by longtime businesswoman Ms. Samia* and her daughter Abeer*, a community-run Emergency Response Room (ERR) kitchen provides hundreds of displaced families with daily hot meals amid Sudan’s ongoing conflict.

Save the Children worker Amar Osman* shares his account from the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan as violence continues across the country.

Save the Children analysed casualty reports from the Sudan Doctor’s Network - a group of medical professionals tracking the war –in October and found at least 115 civilians were killed and a further 102 injured in six attacks on the besieged town. Among these casualties were 17 children killed, and 22 children injured.

2019: Climate shocks claim more than 1200 lives across East and Southern Africa

"Since the start of the rains in June, flooding has added another layer of difficulty to delivering humanitarian aid to people in dire need"

Securing full and stable childhoods in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cyclone Remal tore through south west Bangladesh on 26 May affecting around 3.75 million people

DARFUR: Leaders must agree on better protection of civilians, after 39 people killed in Nyala

Time to deliver on our promise of support

Thailand is experiencing some of its worst flooding in a generation, with schools in the 12 flood-affected provinces in the south of the Thailand shut indefinitely. Save the Children is warning that children risk electrocution due to downed power lines and drowning in the surging floodwaters.

Over 21,000 people killed since UN global ceasefire-resolution

Uganda - Make or break for the global refugee compact

EAST AFRICA: QUARTER OF A MILLION CHILDREN MAY HAVE DIED OF STARVATION THIS YEAR

Clashes in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh in the south of Lebanon have closed schools and are putting children at direct risk

As the violence continues in Gaza, civilians continue to pay the heaviest price. These are the testimonies of Save the Children staff.