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Situation Report in English on South Sudan about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Flood and more; published on 31 Mar 2023 by FEWS NET

Authorities in Abyei Administrative Area on Friday said that two youths were on Thursday killed in Mabuny village in Alal County by armed youth suspected to be from Twic County of Warrap State.

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has issued an executive order removing the Chief Administrator for the Abyei region and the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Defense and Veterans Affairs.

UN reports decrease in violence against civilians in S. Sudan-

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Friday condemned fresh inter-tribal violence along the country's disputed border of Abyei with Sudan and Warrap State which has resulted in the loss of lives. Nicholas Haysom, UN Secretary-General's Special Representative, called on the authorities to end the deadly violence between…

The SSPDF command has deployed an unknown number of troops to the border between the disputed region of Abyei and Twic County following last week’s deadly fighting, a government official from Abyei said.

When violence erupted in February 2022, thousands of people fled Agok, a town in the Abyei Special Administrative Area (ASAA). Many found refuge in Abyei

The head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Nicholas Haysom has said the peace process which will lead to the country's democratic transtion, still needs much work.

Officials in South Sudan's Warrap state and the contested Abyei Administrative Area say six people were killed and 11 others wounded in separate clashes between armed youth from the two neighboring areas.

More than 17,500 people have also been displaced.