Violent conflict, intercommunal violence, forced displacement and food insecurity have created a situation of severe humanitarian need in South Sudan.
Insecurity Insight monitors conflict events affecting aid operations, food and water systems, health care, and protection as well as incidents of conflict-related sexual violence in South Sudan.
Our data can be downloaded on the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) and corresponding reports can be accessed below.
2024 SHCC Factsheet
May 2024
SHCC 2023 Factsheet
May 2023
SHCC 2022 Factsheet
May 2023
Conflict, Hunger and Access
March 2023
Social Media Monitoring
October 2022
Joint Health Staff Survey
24 May 2022
SHCC 2021 Factsheet
19 January 2022
Sexual Violence in Conflict
24 May 2021
SHCC 2020 Factsheet
Insecurity Insight monitors attacks on health care in South Sudan, and based on its data, the South Sudan chapter of the 2024 Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) report Epidemic of Violence identified eight incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in 2024. Five health workers were kidnapped in these incidents. The actual number of incidents and the severity of the problem are likely much greater.
– Protracted conflict, a cholera outbreak in October and over nine million people in need of aid have intensified the humanitarian crisis.
– Attacks on health care were reported in Central and Eastern Equatoria and Jonglei states, where intercommunal violence remains at high levels.
– The health care system suffers from serious long-term weaknesses and shortages of essential health care resources. International aid funding cuts have exacerbated the situation.
Download the report data.
Published every two weeks, Insecurity Insight’s Attacks on Health Care New Brief tracks global threats and violence as well as protests and other events affecting the delivery of and access to health care. Explore our interactive map to see where incidents happened.
A wide variety of armed groups have been accused of committing abuses against civilians in South Sudan, including sexual violence, which is frequently used as a tactic to displace and terrorise rival communities. Insecurity Insight documents such violence. Our data is accessible on the Humanitarian Data Exchange here.
Insecurity Insight’s latest report on sexual violence in South Sudan analyses 40 reported incidents of conflict-related sexual violence between January 2020 and August 2021. It revealed that women and girls were often attacked by members of state forces during clashes with armed groups and counter-insurgency operations, highlighting the extent to which sexual violence may form part of a strategy to fight insurgents by attacking their families or to strengthen group cohesion among perpetrators. The full report is accessible here.