December 2024 Humanitarian Snapshot - SOUTH SUDAN

South Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan, 09 January 2025 / PRN Africa / -- HIGHLIGHTS

An estimated 6.1 million people - 45 per cent of the population were experiencing IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse) including 31,000 South Sudanese returnees experiencing catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity.

In December, over 100,000 people fleeing conflict arrived from Sudan, the majority settling in communities along the border, straining already stretched humanitarian resources.

An inter-agency assessment found over 26,000 people displaced by intercommunal violence from Tambura to nearby Ezo and Nagero counties in Western Equatoria State.

The cholera outbreak continued to escalate in most parts of the country. As of 31 December, there were over 13,735 cases in 29 counties, with 202 deaths.

SOURCE Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in South Sudan