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South Sudan

SevereScore 8Compound crisesOpen the map

Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    109

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    8.9

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    0%

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    2

  • Population

    12.2 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 0

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level5

  • +3UK FCDO advises against all travel to the whole countryUK FCDO travel advice
  • +28.5 million people in crisis-level food insecurity or worse (IPC 3+)FEWS NET
  • +15 critical internet-connectivity alerts in 24 hoursIODA, Georgia Tech
  • +12.5 million refugees and asylum-seekers have fled the countryUNHCR
  • +1Compound crisis: official travel advice, internet outages, food insecurity, mass displacement at the same timeARMSMA situation watch

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Violence deaths, 30 days

    49

    —

  • Violence incidents, 30 days

    1

    —

  • Internet outage alerts, 24 h

    5

  • Travel advice level (FCDO)

    4

  • People in food crisis (IPC 3+)

    8 500 000

  • Refugees who fled

    2 510 483

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

South Sudan, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 0%
  • Non-state conflict · 100%
  • Against civilians · 0%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
8.5 M
2026-08
Share in food crisis
70%
2026-08
Undernourishment
22.3%
2023
Refugees who fled
2,510,483
2025
Refugees hosted
605,064
2025
Internally displaced
1,277,527
2025
Sanctions designations
60
2026-09-28
GDP per person
$1,080
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

IPC Phase 3 or worse, month by month (FEWS NET current-situation estimates, midpoint of the published range).

FEWS NET — IPC-compatible analysis

Latest incidents of organised violence2

DatePlaceSidesDeathsCiviliansReported by
2026-08-27Tonj North countyUnidentified armed group (South Sudan) — Unidentified armed group (South Sudan)490Reuters News
2026-08-09Alabek Payam in Warrap State, at around 4:00 am Sunday morning, resultUnidentified armed group (South Sudan) — Unidentified armed group (South Sudan)600Agence France Presse

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days1

  • Unidentified armed groups (South Sudan)109

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days0

None in the last 30 days.

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: South Sudan: Avoid all travel

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS