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July 15, 2010: "At least 33 people were killed and several others were missing following powerful floods in eastern Sudan, police said on Thursday. "Thirty-three people died, several are reported missing," said Ali Sukar, police chief of Agige district, f...

Date: 27 May 2010
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Source: ECHO Humanitarian agencies in South Sudan are responding to a dramatic increase in the number of internally displaced people following an intensification of in inter-tribal clashes.

Source: ECHO 'In many parts of South Sudan, traditional tribal rivalries have always existed, due to the competition over resources. Cattle rustling, for example, is common. However, despite the government's disarmament efforts there are still many small arms in the region in the hands of civilians which means, when there is a dispute, it can escalate rapidly and often lead to life-threatening clashes.'

Source: Reuters * Sudan police demolish homes, residents say * Surround refugee camp By Mohamed el-Badawi KHARTOUM, March 22 (Reuters) - Sudanese police demolished the ...

Source: Reuters By Andrew Heavens ABU SHOUK CAMP, Sudan, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Nureldin Khalil sits back in the tea shack in Darfur's Abu Shouk refugee camp and shrugs. "Why should I vote? ... No one is speaking ...

International Rescue Committee (IRC) January 7, 2010—There is only one year left for Sudanese parties to salvage a 2005 peace agreement that ended more than 20 years of war and requires a pivotal referendum next January on unity or ...

Date: 15 Dec 2009
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

Source: Reuters By Skye Wheeler JUBA, Sudan, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Ugandan rebels desperate for supplies attacked a camp for Darfuri displaced persons in south Sudan, killing five people, the region's army said on ...

Date: 07 Oct 2009
Source: UN News Service

Source: UNHCR UNHCR welcomes the decision by the government of Chad to relocate the Oure Cassoni refugee camp away from the volatile border area with Sudan. The camp currently accommodates some 28,000 refugees ...

Date: 24 Aug 2009
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

Source: UNHCR Thousands of civilians have fled the fresh attacks by the Ugandan rebel group, so called "Lord's Resistance Army" (LRA) in Sudan's remote Western Equatoria region. On 12 August, the LRA carried out a ...

Date: 21 Aug 2009
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Date: 18 Aug 2009
Source: International Organization for Migration

Sudan Country Profile and Talking Points on US-Sudan Policy
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A return to war between North and South Sudan would be a humanitarian disaster in and of itself and would doom hopes of peace and security in Darfur. ...

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Source: UNHCR UNHCR helps assess the needs of people sheltering in a remote area of South Sudan?s West Equatoria state after fleeing attacks by the rebel Lord?s Resistance Army.

Date: 27 Jul 2009
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

UNDP Southern Sudan monthly update Jul 2009
ReliefWeb (press release)
... and communities affected by conflict or natural disaster. It encompasses a broad range of needs in areas such as livelihoods, transitional shelter, ...

JUBA Tuesday, June 16, 2009 (IRIN) - Escalating violence in Southern Sudan is putting tens of thousands of vulnerable people at risk of being cut off from help, aid workers warned.