Press Releases

UNHCR Warns Flooding Threatens 1M People in South Sudan

(MENAFN) Severe flooding in South Sudan has already impacted 273,000 people this year, and the situation is set to worsen, with over 1 million expected to be affected in the coming months, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). "South Sudan...

S-Sudan dismisses discussions on resettling Palestinians

(MENAFN) South Sudan has dismissed claims that it is negotiating with Israel to resettle Palestinians from Gaza in the East African nation. Reports suggested Israel was seeking agreements with third countries to host people displaced by the...

South Sudan witnesses strong rise in breastfeeding rates

(MENAFN) South Sudan has made major strides in encouraging exclusive breastfeeding, with recent data showing that 73 percent of infants under six months were exclusively breastfed in 2024 — a substantial rise from 45 percent in 2010, according to...

CMMB, with P&G Support, Responds to Deadly Cholera and Hunger Crisis in South Sudan

Juba, South Sudan, Aug. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) is launching an emergency response in South Sudan as compounding crises threaten thousands of lives in Upper Nile region and Central Equatoria State. The...

8 Barbaric Criminal Illegal Aliens Finally Deported to South Sudan After Weeks of Delays by Activist Judges

These activist judges put the safety and health of our ICE law enforcement at risk in order to try and force ICE to bring these barbaric criminal illegal aliens back to America WASHINGTON – After weeks of delays by activist judges, the Department...

Somalia’s Parliament Endorses African Charter on Child Rights, Welfare

(MENAFN) Somalia’s federal parliament formally approved the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child on Wednesday during a session held in Mogadishu. The meeting was overseen by Sheikh Adan Mohamed Noor Madobe, Speaker of the Lower...

South Sudan: ICRC medical teams perform over 1,000 surgeries on weapon-wounded patients as armed conflict and violence escalate

The influx of patients is the direct consequence of the escalation of armed conflict and violence the country has experienced in the past months and the scope of the resulting humanitarian crisis. Thousands of people have fled their homes, often...

Medical Teams International Makes Progress Against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, July 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medical Teams International, a global health and humanitarian relief organization, has expanded and enhanced our services in Ethiopia addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and life-saving...

Russia Warns Military Force Will Not Resolve South Sudan’s Violence

(MENAFN) Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova issued a stark warning Tuesday that escalating violence in South Sudan cannot be resolved through military means. The clashes between government troops and opposition factions have...

Russia Says Force will not Solve South Sudan War

(MENAFN) The worsening unrest in South Sudan cannot be resolved through armed intervention, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has cautioned. Hostilities between the government and various opposition groups have intensified,...

MSF Criticizes Abduction of Health Worker in Sudan

(MENAFN) a prominent international humanitarian medical organization, has vehemently denounced the kidnapping of a Ministry of Health employee from one of its ambulances in South Sudan's Morobo County. The organization stated that the incident,...

Forgotten in a Protracted Crisis: South Sudanese Refugees in Ethiopia’s Gambella Region Face New Hardships as Aid Withers

Clinics that once offered at least primary care and essential drugs are now often empty shelves, as supply pipelines and NGO health projects are disrupted. Education, too, is imperiled – Thijok, added “schools in the camps lack books and even...

CMMB Introduces Derek Yach as New Global Health Advisor

New York, New York, July 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) is thrilled to announce the appointment of public health expert Derek Yach as its new global health advisor for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and...

WaterStep Partners with John Dau Foundation & Helps Contain Cholera Outbreak in Duk County, South Sudan in Just 6 Weeks

WaterStep has restored dignity, brought hope & life-saving access to safe water to 30,000+ people in South Sudan. LOUISVILLE, KY, UNITED STATES, May 8, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- In a region long defined by scarcity, conflict, and displacement,...

DR. ERIKA WICHRO SELECTED FOR TOP INSPIRATIONAL LEADER OF THE YEAR IN HEALTH BY IAOTP

Dr. Erika Wichro will be honored at the International Association of Top Professionals annual awards gala in Las Vegas NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, July 17, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Dr. Erika Wichro, MPH, MA, MAS, Global Health Expert and...

South Sudan: Using sports and arts to combat sexual and gender-based violence

In 2024, the ICRC, in partnership with the South Sudanese Red Cross Society (SSRC), organized awareness-raising sessions on sexual and gender-based violence to more than 5,000 community members in nine locations across the country, including...

ICRC in South Sudan

As such, the ICRC strives to ensure the humane and dignified treatment of people deprived of liberty in places of detention, facilitate the restoration of family contact, and search for missing persons. The organization also works to prevent...

South Sudan: ICRC's mobile surgical team in Renk treats more than 230 weapon-wounded patients in just one month

Since early December 2024, more than 120,000 people have fled the ongoing violence in Blue Nile, White Nile, and Sennar states in Sudan, to South Sudan. Dozens of them, wounded by the violence, required urgent medical care by ICRC doctors. “Our...

Women’s and mothers’ health and children’s well-being at the forefront of Slovenia's international efforts

SLOVENIA, April 7 - From the early days of its independence, when it provided humanitarian and psychosocial support to women and children affected by the war in the Balkans, Slovenia has been active in this area and later focused on these topics...

Rich countries meet only 4% of funds East Africa needs to address climate change -Oxfam

Over 63 million East Africans experienced severe hunger in 2024 and 40% lack access to safe drinking water. East African countries collectively contribute a tiny 0.09% of the global carbon emissions but are some of the worst-hit by the global...