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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.

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.

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.