Country: South Sudan Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached Infographic. In April, the humanitarian situation in South Sudan remained dire, driven by escalating conflict, mass displacement, severe food insecurity, and disease outbreaks. The crisis has been further compounded by the ongoing conflict in Sudan, which had forced more than 1.37 million people into South Sudan by 30 April. According to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis, more than 7.8 million people nearly 56 per cent of the population are projected to face Crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) between April and July 2026. Of these, 73,300 people are experiencing Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5), the most severe level of acute food insecurity, in Nasir and Ulang counties in Upper Nile State, and Akobo, Fangak, Nyirol and Uror counties in Jonglei State. Violence in Jonglei State continued to drive large-scale displacement. By 30 April, more than 304,770 people had been displaced, according to IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM). This includes 242,850 people displaced within Jonglei State, nearly 29,000 to Awerial County in Lakes State, about 27,000 to Nasir, Panyikang and Ulang counties in Upper Nile State, and more than 6,000 to Juba County in Central Equatoria State. In addition, over 100,000 people fled to Tiergol in Ethiopia. An inter-agency assessment mission conducted on 2 April across at least 12 locations in Akobo County identified nearly 142,000 people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. The mission reported rising cases of malnutrition and acute watery diarrhea, particularly among children and women, while looting and destruction of health and nutrition facilities severely disrupted essential services and response efforts. In Nyatim, around 30,000 displaced people who fled violence in Lankien, Duk County and Pieri in Uror County were reported to be living in extremely dire conditions. At least 58 deaths were reportedly linked to the lack of access to essential services, including food assistance. Humanitarian partners have been unable to carry out assessments or deliver aid due to access restrictions imposed by local authorities. Disease outbreaks continued to place additional pressure on already overstretched services. On 28 April, the Ministry of Health declared a polio outbreak following confirmation of nine cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1) in Maiwut County, Upper Nile State. Urgent vaccination campaigns are planned, although access constraints threaten to delay implementation. Meanwhile, a severe cholera outbreak continued to spread across the country, with more than 103,200 cases and 1,669 deaths reported across 55 counties and administrative areas as of 30 April, driven by displacement and poor water, sanitation and hygiene conditions.