[UN News] Since a sharp escalation in fighting in South Sudan in late February, 165,000 people have fled their homes, seeking safety either within the country or across borders, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.

[Dabanga] Port Sudan — A senior figure in the Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) has condemned the dissolution of Sudan’s caretaker government, warning it violates the 2020 Juba Peace Agreement and destabilises the fragile political process.

[Nile Post] Uganda continues to face an escalating refugee crisis, with nearly 190,000 individuals, including almost 36,000 newborns, registered in 2024 alone.

[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.