The IRC and its aid workers have witnessed firsthand the suffering caused by the crisis in South Sudan. A new IRC report provides on-the-ground evidence and urgent recommendations to help save lives.
The world’s youngest nation is facing a humanitarian catastrophe.
Thousands of people have been killed and nearly 2 million driven from their homes in South Sudan since civil war erupted in December 2013. The fighting brought an abrupt end to three years of relative stability following South Sudan’s separation from Sudan. Millions of people are facing the threat of famine and some 50,000 children are at risk of dying of acute malnutrition.