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A small makeshift raft made from plastic sheeting and filled with dry grass is drifting along the Nile River’s current, on it sits an entire family of

Four consecutive years of flooding have left about two-thirds of South Sudan under water. Humanitarian organisations, UN agencies and governments must step up to address the crisis.

The Troika (UK, US and Norway) and the EU have issued a statement on the escalation in violence in the Upper Nile and Jonglei, South Sudan.

Thousands of people in Upper Nile state have sought shelter in swamps to escape the bloodshed.

The U_N_ special envoy for South Sudan is urging the country’s leaders on Tuesday to intervene to halt clashes and sexual violence and urging that a two-year delay in holding elections not be used as “a holiday break.”

JUBA (Reuters) - Violence in South Sudan's Upper Nile state has killed 166 civilians and displaced more than 20,000 since August amid an escalation in clashes between armed groups, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday.

The Government of Japan, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has donated 7,034 metric tons of emergency relief items to South Sudan to help the flood-affected people across the country.

Violence in South Sudan's Upper Nile state has killed 166 civilians and displaced more than 20,000 since August amid an escalation in clashes between armed groups, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday.

Violence in South Sudan's Upper Nile state has killed 166 civilians and displaced more than 20,000 since August amid an escalation in clashes between armed groups, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said.

Over 20,000 people in S. Sudan have been displaced as a result of domestic disputes over grazing areas, water and other resources.