United Drama for Peace, a group of refugee youth drawn together by their love for theatre and drama has taken ‪in Kakuma‬ Camp by storm. The youth who come from various nationalities started the drama club in 2013 to promote peaceful coexistence in the camp through community theatre. They have been...

Yida, a town surrounded by wetlands in a remote part of South Sudan, sits just 12 kilometres from the border and is home to nearly 70,000 refugees escaping conflict in Sudan. At the same time, intense fighting between opposition and government troops in South Sudan has also led many thousands of int...

Lutheran World Federation and the UN Refugee Agency have organized computer trainings for students Ajuong Thok camp for refugees from the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. Both refugees and members of the South Sudanese host community attend the trainings. The UN Refugee Agency reported in a recent operat...

September 25, 2015 (LASU) – The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said it started relocating 2,143 vulnerable Sudanese refugees from South Sudan’s Central Equatoria state town of Yei River county to the nearby Lasu settlement site. Among those being relocated, UNHCR said, were many single mot...

JUBA, September 2015 - According to the statement seen by Gurtong, the release of the additional aid package of €15 million comes amidst an increasingly deteriorating humanitarian situation in the country. "The EU stands with the people of South Sudan, who continue to suffer from a dire humanita...

A team from Clowns without Borders USA is in Kakuma for three weeks (18 days). The NGO has partnered with UNHCR for the first time in Kenya, to bring the new initiative to the camp and entertain refugee children through live performances and trainings on circus arts and theatre. Clowns without Borde...

JUBA, South Sudan – 30 August (UNHCR) – Japan's Ambassador to South Sudan, Kiya Masahiko, wrapped up a one-day visit to Upper Nile's Maban County on Thursday to show solidarity with the refugees and appreciate the impact of Japan's aid contribution on refugees' living conditions. He was accompanied ...

GENEVA, Aug 28 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has welcomed the signing of the South Sudan peace agreement this week which comes as refugee and IDP figures have passed the 2.6 million mark, a marked increase on the number reported at the time of the fourth anniversary of the country's independence. ...

August 23, 2015 (YAMBIO) - The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said it handed over two projects meant for the host communitied of South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state, announcing further cooperation with the state and local authorities. This came days after the UNHCR representative in the ...

YAMBIO, 14 August, 2015 [Gurtong] – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) country representative Ahmed Warsame told the press that Western Equatoria State is one of the states in the country that are hosting several refugees who have fled their homes as a result of the conflict...