On Thursday, 5 March 2015, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Dr. Carlos Lopez, visited Tierkidi camp in the Gambella region, western Ethiopia, home to nearly 50,000 South Sudanese refugees.

UNHCR screened and registered 515 nationals of foreign countries residing in the Protection of Civilian site in Juba to identify potential asylum seekers.

Five UNHCR trucks carrying 175,000 litres of fuel reached Ajuong Thok camp, in Unity State. This stock will cover the needs of the operation for 3 months.

On April 2nd UNHCR Kakuma handed over eight projects funded for the host community in various locations in the sub-county and implemented by Lokado NGO.

UNHCR donated drugs and medical supplies to the Teaching Hospital and Elsabah Children Hospital in Juba and the Civil Hospital in Yei.

A total of 173,447 South Sudanese refugees have been received in the country since the onset of the influx.

The local authorities and host community of Maban County handed over 3,726 hectare of agricultural land to more than 81,000 refugees in Maban camps.

World Refugee Day was commemorated in 17 locations across South Sudan, involving more than 5,000 people as organizers, performers, participants or spectators.

UNHCR completed the solarization of two boreholes in Yusuf Batil camp and one in Doro camp, with the aim to save significant amounts of fuel.

In Mahad collective site, Juba, UNHCR distributed 400 dignity kits to vulnerable women of reproductive age, who were displaced from Jonglei state in Dec 2013.