The conflict in Sudan which broke out on 15 April 2023 has caused over 819,402 Sudanese refugees and South Sudan returnees to flee to South Sudan. As of October 2024, IOM UN Migration reports that Renk County in Upper Nile State, South Sudan has received over 676,394 Sudanese refugees and South Sudanese returnees through the Joda-Wunthou border crossing.
GOAL South Sudan is running malnutrition clinics in the two Transit Centres in the town of Renk as well as receiving people as they cross the border at a reception centre where they are supplied with high energy biscuits and children are screened for malnutrition. GOAL also provides supplementary feeding items, immunisation clinics and assistance to people sheltering in informal settlements and the local community.
These images were taken while on assignment for GOAL Global in November 2024. https://www.goalglobal.org