Overview

• The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan reports armed clashes at levels not seen since the 2017 cessation of hostilities, placing civilians at extreme risk.
• Roughly 300,000 people have fled this year, including nearly 150,000 to Sudan and similar numbers to Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• The broader region now hosts more than 2.5 million South Sudanese refugees, with about 2 million people displaced inside the country.
• Commissioners link the crisis to systemic corruption, citing a UN finding that $1.7 billion from an oil‑for‑roads program remains unaccounted for.
• Members of the AU Peace and Security Council and the UN Security Council are set to meet at AU headquarters this week as experts urge the AU to operationalize the agreed Hybrid Court.