Heavy fighting in South Sudan's Unity and Upper Nile states over the last two months has displaced more than 100,000 people and blocked humanitarian aid deliveries for some 650,000 people as aid organizations were forced to withdraw. Since the beginning of the year, some 60,000 South Sudanese have fled the country, mostly to Sudan (30,000), Ethiopia (15,000) and Uganda (15,000) bringing the total South Sudanese who fled the country since December 2013 to some 555,000, while some 1.5 million are internally displaced in the country.

The Crown Princess of Denmark, Her Royal Highness Mary Donaldson, visited Tierkidi refugee camp in western Ethiopia, home to nearly 50,000 refugees who fled the conflict in South Sudan.

A US State Department Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (BPRM), and the US Agency for International Development Donor Mission visited Gambella

The Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) on 10 January 2015 started scooped food distribution in Kule and Tierkidi refugee camps in Gambella

UNHCR conducted 2014 Code of Conduct (COC) training session for all Staff in Gambella Sub-Office and at Nyin Nyang Field Office.

An information campaign to kick-start refugee relocation from Pamdong transit center to Pugnido Refugee camp was conducted.

UNHCR started the relocation of about 3,000 South Sudanese refugees who have been staying at Pagak entry point to Pugnido refugee camp.

The international Day of Person with Disability was celebrated during the week of 30-Nov to 08 December in the refugee camps in Gambella region.

The campaign for the expression of interest by refugees to relocate to Pugnido refugee camp commenced at Pagak entry point.

The 16 Days of Activism to End Violence against Women was launched in all refugee camps in Gambella region on 25 November.