South Sudan Facts & Figures 2024
In 2024, families in South Sudan continued to face significant challenges in meeting basic needs amid armed conflict and violence as well as in the context of increasing influx of Sudanese and South Sudanese fleeing the ongoing armed conflict in Sudan.
In response, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) addressed protection needs for people separated and families of the missing, and visited places of detention to improve conditions and ensure that individuals deprived of their liberty are treated humanely. Critical assistance was also provided, including surgery for weapon wounded, emergency relief, physical rehabilitation services for people with disabilities, and the restoration of essential infrastructure, such as water and energy supply systems.
This publication provides an overview of the measurable impact of our humanitarian response in 2024.
- Clarified the fate and whereabouts of 398 missing persons.
- 295 cases of missing persons were documented across South Sudan.
- Facilitated 36,519 phone calls to help restore and maintain contact between separated families.
- Facilitated 13,312 phone calls between detainees and their families.
- Conducted 52 visits to 19 places of detention, reaching 6,231 detainees.
- 5,035 people attended awareness sessions on sexual and gender-based violence.
- Raised awareness and provided mental health and psychosocial support services to 12,680 people.
- 50,204 medical consultations were provided for patients in Akobo County Hospital.
- 2,906 surgeries were conducted for the weapon-wounded in Akobo County Hospital and Juba Military Hospital.
- 2,997 people received first aid training.
- 3,419 people received physical rehabilitation services, in partnership with local authorities.
- 2,356 mobility aids, wheelchairs, and postural support devices were provided to persons with disabilities.
- 842 prostheses and orthoses were delivered to persons with disabilities.
- 90,924 people internally displaced by conflict in the Equatoria region were provided with emergency food, kind, and cash relief.
- 125,766 refugees and returnees from Sudan received food assistance.
- Improved access to clean water for 121,500 people in partnership with the South Sudan Red Cross.
- 62,218 people received emergency livelihoods support to improve their living conditions.
- Provided training on international humanitarian law and international human rights law to 594 members of military and non-state armed groups, and 928 members of the police and security forces.
