Assessments and Analysis

INTRODUCTION With the aim of informing cash-based interventions and to better understand market dynamics in South Sudan, the Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (JMMI) was initiated by the South Sudan Cash Working Group (CWG) in August 2019. The…

Executive Summary BBC Media Action was engaged by Concern Worldwide to conduct a study on the Information and Accountability Ecosystems (IAE) study in Aweil West, Malakal and Renk counties of South Sudan. This is part of WFP’s…

KEY FINDINGS • Between October and November 2025, the median cost of the Multi-Sector Survival Minimum Expenditure Basket (MSSMEB) decreased by 2%, while the food basket cost decreased by 3%. These reductions in both food basket and…

Executive Summary Overview and Purpose This assessment examines food security and underlying systemic opportunities and vulnerabilities in the Two Regions to inform both immediate humanitarian response and longer-term resilience-building programming. The Two Regions faces chronic food insecurity and…

This assessment applies an integrated spatial detection and proximity modelling approach to quantify the impact of floods on critical infrastructure and community services across affected counties. The analysis combines remotely sensed flood data with building and…

HIGHLIGHTS ❖ Between July and September 2025, UNMISS Human Rights Division (HRD) documented 295 incidents of conflictrelated violence affecting 1,153 civilians: 519 killed, 396 injured, 159 abducted, and 79 subjected to conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). ❖ Compared to…

Key Messages The number of areas facing Emergency (IPC Phase 4) outcomes is expected to expand to 35 counties by May 2026, more than double that of December (14 counties). Severe outcomes are perpetuated by escalating conflict,…

The Republic of South Sudan has made significant strides in implementing its commitments under the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) made at the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) in 2019 and 2023 respectively. The pledges made in…

Amid escalating violence and decreasing aid funding, South Sudan’s health system is stretched to breaking point. Communities face overlapping crises, including conflict, flooding, and disease outbreaks, while health facilities have severe shortages of staff and medicines. National and…

Key Messages Widespread Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse outcomes are expected in the harvest period through January due to the ongoing impacts of conflict, flooding, a deteriorating economy, and high returnee and refugee presence. In Nasir…