Seven Youths Killed While Hiding in Bush Amid Nagero Clashes
Overnight on 7 Oct, following clashes that began Monday (6 Oct, 2025)- Seven male youths aged between 17 and 22 were killed while hiding in the bush sought refuge from ongoing fighting, The confrontation between the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO) and the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF), the national army in Nagero County, […]
30 dead in cattle raiding upsurge in Nyirol, Ayod
On 5 Oct, 2025-Renewed cattle rustling has erupted between the Gawar Buer community of Ayod County and their Lou Nuer neighbors from Nyirol County. In a recent incident, armed youth from Pading Payam in Nyirol reportedly launched an attack on a cattle camp in Ayod, resulting in the deaths of 30 individuals and injuries to […]
Renewed clashes in Nagero County displace residents
On 6 Oct 2025-Heavy fighting erupted in Nagero County, Western Equatoria State, after forces from the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-in-Opposition (SPLA-IO) reportedly attacked a base belonging to the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF), forcing civilians to flee into nearby bushes. The shooting started suddenly, and people ran in different directions. Scenes of chaos as […]
Two women shot in ambush on Wau-Tonj road
On 3 Oct, 2025-Two female passengers were seriously wounded, when their commercial vehicle was ambushed by armed men along the road from Wau to Tonj, The attack was carried out by forces loyal to Gen. Bol Wek of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-in-Opposition (SPLA-IO). The incident follows recent clashes between rival SPLA-IO factions in the […]
Fresh clashes erupt in Morobo as SSPDF, SPLA-IO trade fire
On 22 Sept, 2025- Fresh fighting has erupted in Morobo County, Central Equatoria State between forces of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition SPLA-IO The Clashes erupt when First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar and seven other senior SPLM/A-IO on trial Court underway in Juba. Despite […]
Civilians Caught in Crossfire as Government-Opposition Clashes Persist Across Regions
September 2025 – Yei River County, Central Equatoria State On 14 September 2025, at least three civilians—including children and a breastfeeding mother—were seriously wounded in a crossfire incident in Ombaci Boma, Otogo Payam, Yei County. The injuries occurred during an exchange of gunfire between the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and the Sudan People’s […]
NAS-SPLA-IO attack on SSPDF base in Mundri East displaces 30,000
On 24 Sept 2025, an attack on a SSPDF base by a combined force of the National Salvation Front (NAS) rebel group and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO), in Mundri East, displaced the entire population of the Payam and left them without food, medicine, and basic services. Dr. Riek Machar’s and his […]
SPLA-IO forces attack national security base in Kapoeta
On 23 September 2025, Assailants affiliated with the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-in-Opposition (SPLA-IO) attacked a National Security Service base in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria. The SPLA-IO wounded five officers before fleeing. The attack comes amid heightened political and security tensions between the army and the SPLA-IO. The group’s leader, First Vice President Riek Machar, has been under […]
Dozens killed in Nasir border clashes
On 20 Sept 2025, the government forces (SSPDF) repelled an attack by opposition fighters and a youth militia, killing at least 48 combatants and 160 others injured,” while government forces sustained five light injuries, in a border town. The clashes erupted in the Burebiey area of Nasir county in Upper Nile state, near the border […]
SPLM-IO declares transitional government ‘illegitimate’
On 15 Sept 2025-The main opposition group in South Sudan’s unity government officially declared the administration “collapsed” and illegitimate, and the indictment of suspension of its leader, First Vice President Riek Machar. The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO) said the government formed under a 2018 peace deal has been “destroyed” and accused President Salva Kiir’s […]