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6 Jun 2024
South Sudan Signs Global Compact on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
On the 3rd of June, The President of South Sudan, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit, signed the country’s Heads of State Initiative Compact on Water and Sanitation to ensure universal access to water and sanitation in the country. According to UNICEF. the signing of the Compact on Water and Sanitation marks a significant step forward in improving the water and sanitation situation in South Sudan which faces many climate-related, social and economic challenges...
7 Sep 2023
Malawi and South Sudan Announce Presidential Compacts on Water and Sanitation
On the 21st of August, at Stockholm Water Week, the governments of Malawi and South Sudan announced the launch of Presidential Compacts on Water and Sanitation. This builds on an initiative in 2022 by the Government of the Netherlands, together with IRC WASH, SWA and UNICEF, to directly engage heads of state in the drive to prioritise action on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)...
16 Jan 2022 JUBA, South Sudan
Tension De-escalation In South Sudan
Efforts to minimize fatal attacks and implement Marial Bai Agreement to allocate resources and implement procedures for mobile courts in dispute settlement.
17 Mar 2021 New YORK NY, United States
“If you don’t feed people, you feed conflict”: Guterres
Conflict reduces access to vital resources like water and electricity, and also drives hunger
13 Jan 2021 NYALA, Sudan
Darfur: 15 Killed In Water-related Violence As UNAMID Withdrawal Commences
A dispute over water access in the tribal areas of South Darfur, Sudan left 15 people dead at the end of December, just as the UN was widing up its 13 year peacekeeping mission in the country. According to media reports, a firefight erupted between members of the Masalit and Fallata tribes in Gereida city over access to the Rahad Abu Dereisa water well, leaving two Fallata tribesmen dead...
12 Jan 2021 JUBA, South Sudan
Extreme Famine Concern For South Sudan
The International Rescue Committee (IRC), is calling for international financial support to prevent famine across large swathes of South Sudan in the face of economic crisis, devastating floods, mass displacement and COVID-19.With more than 60 percent of the South Sudanese population facing food insecurity, the IRC is “extremely concerned” that more than seven million people are being pushed into hunger by what it describes as “a perfect storm of crises”...