The US has announced new humanitarian assistance funding for the Sudan crisis that includes US$32 million for refugee response in South Sudan.
The US Representative to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, made the announcement in a press release dated October 3.
The support raises the total US relief aid to South Sudan for people fleeing the conflict in Sudan to over US$105 million in fiscal year 2024.
Total US humanitarian assistance in South Sudan, including for South Sudanese people in need, was over $640 million during the same period.
Thomas-Greenfield reiterated the call to South Sudan’s Transitional Government to contribute more resources to humanitarian response as well as other public services, and to reduce the costs and risks faced by those seeking to help the South Sudanese people.
South Sudan faces profound humanitarian crises, compounded by the returnee and refugee influx from the Sudan conflict. Conflict, insecurity, epidemic outbreaks, protracted flooding, heatwaves, and the destabilizing impact of the Sudan conflict on South Sudan’s economy are rapidly exacerbating vulnerabilities, especially among children.