From Safe Haven to Hunger Trap: Kakuma Refugees Flee Back to South Sudan

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‎Key Points: Kakuma Refugee Hunger Crisis ‎ ‎1. Mass Exodus: Thousands of South Sudanese refugees are leaving Kakuma Camp, trekking back home due to hunger. ‎ ‎2. Severe Food Cuts: Rations slashed; many families get little or no food. ‎ ‎3. Not a Choice: “We are not walking out of choice. Hunger is killing us here,” said one refugee. ‎ ‎4. Dangerous Return: Refugees risk insecurity, hunger, and floods in South Sudan. ‎ ‎5. Aid Funding Gap: U.S. Trump-era cuts + global donor fatigue worsened the crisis. ‎ ‎6. Host Communities Struggling: Poverty in Turkana, Kenya, adds pressure on locals and refugees alike. ‎ ‎7. Protection Crisis: Refugees face an impossible choice starvation in exile or insecurity back home. ‎ ‎South Sudanese Refugees Flee Kakuma Refugee Camp as Hunger Crisis Deepened as mass exodus is unfolding at Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwestern Kenya. For years, this dusty settlement in Turkana West County has been a place of refuge for South Sudanese fleeing war, famine, and pe...
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South Sudan President closes the 8th SSPDF Command Council

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Today President Salva Kiir closed the 8th Command Council Conference of the SSPDF under the theme 'SSPDF Building trust, Understanding and Implementing Transitional Security Arrangement.

The Command Council deliberated on the key progress of the security of the current security arrangements in the country.

President Kiir said that “Let us all avoid going back to war, we are citizens of this country, all of us have a right to live, so let us avoid senseless war. You must stop war since war is destructive but peace brings foreign investors to invest in the country”. In short he said that conflict does not bring developing in the country. 

He further insisted on the warring parties to come home and discuss their grievances amicably with the government. 

“To some of our brothers who are still in the bush, come back home and join the Government so that we can bring a sustainable peace in our country. I urge you to put down your guns and resume dialogue on peace”

He further said that 

“We are about to open Juba-Bor road and we are going to launch the road construction of Bor to Ayod, Akobo respectively. All these areas of South Sudan, we need to connect them with good roads.” 

National Security Minister was also present Gen. Mamur Obote urges the army not to embrace dirty politics but embrace the spirit of Nationalism. 


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