South Sudan: Oxfam in South Sudan: Last Updated in October 2015

Following decades of fighting, South Sudan formally became an independent state in July 2011.
There was high expectation for growth and many believed they would not see another conflict in the country they fought so hard and so long for. Unfortunately, a conflict erupted in Juba in mid-December 2013 and quickly transformed into a national, political and ethnic crisis.

Since then, about 1.6 million people have been internally displaced and over 600,000 have fled to Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda. Severe food insecurity and disrupted livelihoods and markets have left 3.9 million people severely food insecure.