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• UN Extends South Sudan Mission amid Growing Instability The U.N. Security Council voted Thursday to extend the mandate of the U.N. mission in South Sudan for another year as the world's youngest nation faces renewed threats of conflict. Africa Center
• At least seven people have been killed and another 20 injured in an attack on a town in South Sudan, the medical charity Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, has said, as fears grow that the world's youngest nation will relapse into all-out civil war. Al Jazeera
• La Nina weather pattern, which will last through this month, will worsen floods in swaths of Southern Africa and South Sudan while causing severe drought in East Africa further threatening people's food availability and income. Oxfam International
• Given the seriousness of current conflicts, France will pay particular attention to the situation in the Great Lakes region, Sudan and South Sudan, and Haiti. France Diplomacy - Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
• An expansion of fighting toward the Sudan-South Sudan border would exacerbate the humanitarian crisis there and could pressure civilians to flee from South Sudan to Sudan. Critical Threats
• The United Nations Mission in South Sudan, which has a robust mandate to protect civilians, should establish temporary operating bases in high risk areas, and proactively respond to the deteriorating situation. Human Rights Watch
• South Sudan, a nation born from decades of conflict, faces a precarious future as escalating violence threatens to unravel the fragile peace established just a few years ago. waryatv.com
• While the AU will likely have little influence in easing South Sudan's economic pangs, it can and should step up its efforts to help end the war in Sudan and encourage donors to support humanitarian aid to spillover countries like South Sudan. The Nigerian Voice
• Persistent exposure to conflict and living in conflict-affected communities in countries like Uganda, Sudan, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo can increase women's risk of experiencing IPV. AfricLaw
• South Sudan faces a high risk of civil war as violence and political tensions continue to escalate, leading to international calls for calm. Institute for the Study of War
• The Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces are likely backing opposing sides in South Sudan, which risks fueling a possible civil war in South Sudan. Institute for the Study of War
• The SAF and RSF could seek to capitalize on the resumption of civil war in South Sudan The SAF could use its historic ties with militias in northern South Sudan to counter RSF efforts to use South Sudan as a rear support base, as the SAF tries to contain the RSF west of the Nile River. Critical Threats
• The SAF could leverage its historic ties with militias in northern South Sudan to counter the efforts of the RSF to use South Sudan as a rear support base as the SAF tries to contain the RSF west of the Nile River. Institute for the Study of War
• Humanitarian partners will need $1.8 billion to support 4.8 million people in the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, South Sudan and Uganda. Africa.com
• Normal to cooler than normal conditions expected over parts of western Kenya, north-eastern Uganda, south-eastern South Sudan, north-eastern and south-western Ethiopia, Djibouti, eastern Sudan and western Eritrea. ICPAC
• An arid region bordering Uganda, South Sudan and Ethiopia, Turkana County was long considered at low risk for malaria transmission due to its hot, dry climate. Duke Global Health Institute
• The median distance to hospitals and public health facilities supported by the HPF was lower than expected in South Sudan, as a previous study showed that only 28.6% of people lived within 5 km to the nearest public health facility. BioMed Central
• A qualitative study in three refugee camps in South Sudan, Kenya, and Iraq found lower social cohesion post-displacement, leaving women unsupported, isolated and less likely to seek help or access resources and, as a result, potentially at higher risk of IPV. BioMed Central
• Accessibility to healthcare especially essential life-saving services remain a challenge in affected areas of South Sudan putting lives of most women and girls at high risk. UNFPA South Sudan
• In 2025, at least 63 million or 45% of the 141 million people across Africa including refugees, in need of humanitarian aid, are in the Eastern African nations of Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Kenya and Uganda. ReliefWeb
• The situation in South Sudan remains a humanitarian crisis with violence, conflict, and insecurity aggravated by the adverse effects of climate change, triggering recurrent hydrological hazards and high levels of food insecurity. ReliefWeb
• UN agencies have issued a warning that food insecurity is expected to worsen in coming months, with particular concerns for Gaza, Haiti, Mali, Sudan, and South Sudan. DominicanToday
• South Sudan is currently experiencing one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, with 9 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in 2024, and the people of South Sudan will continue to require significant support from the humanitarian response. ReliefWeb

Last updated: 13 June 2025