The Office of the Prime Minister succeeded in reducing the biometric registration backlog from 205,929 in January 2017 to 51,272 in December 2017

Critical anti-malarial drug shortages and increased incidence of malaria in refugee clinics across White Nile state.

Rising food prices could exacerbate refugee and host community food insecurity. Currently, just 1% of refugees can afford the local food basket in Sudan.

Nearly 5,800 refugees newly arrived in Sudan in January, for a total caseload of over 767,000. A total of 200,000 refugees are anticipated to arrive in 2018.

A first batch of newly constructed emergency shelters (192) were handed over to South Sudanese refugees in the new site of Kaka (Haut – Uele Province).

An increasing number of arrivals came to be registered in Biringi site near Aru (Ituri Province), thanks to sensitization campaign led by Congolese authorities and UNHCR.

CARE - One year on from famine declaration, more South Sudanese are going hungry

ECHO - The South and South-East of Ethiopia are affected by serious drought due to the fourth consecutive failed rainy season.

Seven refugees killed in clashes in Keilak, West Kordofan, in a retaliatory attack following recent clashed between the Missarriya tribe and armed groups from South Sudan in the Abyei area.

WFP flags ongoing pipeline breaks are interrupting general food distribution to South Sudanese refugees across Sudan. Breaks are linked to Sudan's economic crisis and recent import restrictions.