Oxfam America

Even after Congress approved funding, we have a long way to go to fight famine

Oxfam staff pour out the rations of cooking oil for families receiving food at a distribution in Panyijar County. Oxfam distributed beans, salt and oil for 47 households in a small community in ...
Time

Extreme Poverty Expected to Fall Below 10% of Global Population for First Time

A child carries a bowl of grain mixed with soil after collecting seeds off the ground following a food-drop at a village in Nyal, an administrative hub of Panyijar county in Unity state, south Sudan, ...
Oxfam America

In South Sudan and Yemen, families struggle to survive as hunger haunts them

This woman arrived in Nyal, in Panyijar County, South Sudan, to register for a food distribution.Emergency hunger levels have been declared in the county. Photo: Bruno Bierrenbach Feder/Oxfam ‘I’m ...
International Rescue Committee

Injured civilians attacked while being rushed to hospital for life saving care in IRC ambulance

January 16, 2020 — After fighting broke out between two opposing groups in Panyijar County, South Sudan, an IRC ambulance carrying civilians severely injured in the fighting was attacked. While all ...
The Africa Report

South Sudanese suffer starvation after floods

The heavy rains in most parts of South Sudan caused floods and villagers lost their domestic animals. A Red Cross official in Unity state, Felix Kenyi said 20 people had died in Panyijar county in the ...