South Sudan Situation: UNHCR External Update #3 (August 2025)

Highlights

• Since February 2025, escalating localized conflict has led to the internal displacement of approximately 200,000 people across Upper Nile, Jonglei, and Central and Eastern Equatoria. This has increased the total number of newly displaced persons in 2025 to 337,930.
• Since the start of the conflict, some 164,000 people have sought refuge in neighboring countries, including an estimated 33,000 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 35,000 in Ethiopia, 70,000 in Sudan, and 26,000 in Uganda.
• Inside South Sudan and in neighboring countries such as Sudan, humanitarian access remains severely restricted in conflict-affected regions particularly where large populations of displaced people are concentrated. These access constraints continue to pose significant challenges to the timely and effective delivery of life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable communities.

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