As the armed conflict in South Sudan enters its fifth year in 2018, the humanitarian crisis has continued to intensify and expand. In the country, 7 million people need humanitarian assistance. The number of refugees fleeing to neighboring countries (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda) is projected to cross the 3.1 million by the end of 2018, making South Sudan Africa’s largest refugee crisis since the Rwandan genocide. In addition, the country holds 1.9 million internally displaced people, with up to 85 per cent estimated to be children and women. The country also faces chronic food insecurity, particularly child malnutrition, and the recruitment of children and young people into the armed forces. UNFPA leads the gender-based violence sub-cluster and co-chairs the sexual and reproductive health group, under the health cluster.
Results data are reported and updated as they become available.
- Targets and UNFPA's populations of concern, including women of reproductive age and pregnant women, are estimated using the MISP calculator.
- Funding estimates are based on country planning processes, including inter-agency humanitarian response plans and regional refugee and resilience plans.
L1: Humanitarian crises in which the national and international resources available in the affected country are sufficient for the required response.
L2: Humanitarian crises requiring significant support from neighbouring countries, regional organizations and possibly humanitarian agency headquarters.
L3: Major, sudden-onset humanitarian crises requiring mobilization across the humanitarian system.
Crisis levels are determined by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, a forum of UN and non-UN humanitarian partners.
