[The Conversation Africa] The civil war in Sudan between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which began in April 2023, has had an impact on its neighbours. One of the most keenly affected countries is South Sudan, which became an independent state in 2011 and went on to endure its own civil war. This ended in 2018 with a tenuous peace agreement.

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[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba — At least five people were killed and several others injured in an armed attack on a passenger bus in Ethiopia’s Gambella Region on Sunday, 25 May 2025. The bus, which was carrying 47 passengers from Dimma district to Pinyudo town in Gog district, came under gunfire in what residents say was a cross-border assault by suspected “Murle fighters” from South Sudan.

[DW] The UN Security Council is due to vote in late May on whether to renew an arms embargo on South Sudan for another year. Amnesty International is warning that the conflict could worsen without it.

[MSF] Gambella Region — As violence intensifies across the South Sudan-Ethiopia border, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has decided to relocate our medical services from the border town of Burbeiye to Mattar, in Ethiopia. This move corresponds with a mass displacement of South Sudanese refugees, who had already fled to Burbeiye, a town sitting directly on the border, and are now fleeing from there to Mattar in Ethiopia. This latest displacement is in response to an escalation of fighting at the border and exchange

[allAfrica] More Flee Escalating Violence At South Sudan-Ethiopia Border

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba- Military officials from Ethiopia and South Sudan have agreed to enhance joint operations targeting what they described as “illegal elements” active along their shared border, according to state media.

[OCHA] Over 270,000 people affected by multiple shocks to receive life-saving, multi-sectoral assistance

[The New Humanitarian] Gambella, Ethiopia and Malakal, South Sudan — “If things don’t improve, I’ll leave for Ethiopia and become a refugee there.”

[WFP] Juba — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has reached more than 6,000 vulnerable mothers and children in flood-affected Bentiu, Unity State, with lifesaving nutrition assistance, thanks to generous funding from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief). The US$400,000 contribution enabled WFP to procure and distribute specialized nutritious foods, including Super Cereal Plus – fortified blended food – and Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements – Plumpy