During the first half of 2026, civilians increasingly bore the brunt of the renewed escalation of conflict across South Sudan. Tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes amid intense hostilities while dozens of patients wounded in the fighting remained at risk due to the lack of reliable access to life-saving medical care.
With protection at the core of its response, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) continued to carry out its emergency interventions, prioritizing life-saving surgical care for weapon-wounded patients while working to preserve human dignity, restore family links, and protect civilians affected by conflict.
The ICRC continued to help people affected by conflict and violence by reuniting separated families or restoring disrupted family links, searching for missing persons, promoting the dignified management of the dead and helping improve the treatment and living conditions of detainees as well as act, whenever requested, as a neutral intermediary between parties to the conflict in the facilitation of release and transfer of detainees.
A wide range of services was provided, including health care, emergency relief, physical rehabilitation for persons with disabilities, and the restoration of vital infrastructure, such as water supply systems. Conflict affected communities and individuals were informed about available services and criteria, had access to critical, actionable information, and available mechanisms to provide feedback.
Following the continuous influx of people fleeing the conflict in Sudan, the ICRC continued providing life-saving assistance to thousands of Sudanese refugees and South Sudanese returnees. Most of the ICRC operations in South Sudan are conducted in close partnership with the South Sudan Red Cross (SSRC) strengthening local capacity and ensuring sustained humanitarian impact.
Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/south-sudan/south-sudan-facts-and-figures-january-2026-june-2026
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