The international medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is warning that worsening insecurity in South Sudan could lead to rising deaths, mass suffering, and fresh disease outbreaks. MSF Head Zakaria Mwatia says violence, displacement, and flooding have cut off many regions, making it nearly impossible for aid workers to deliver lifesaving services. 

Rights activist, Bol Deng Bol, Executive Director of INTREPID South Sudan, is urging both the government and armed civilians to adopt peaceful ways of addressing grievances. He warns that the ongoing violence only worsens the suffering of communities and says the country risks sliding backwards, as key security arrangements in the peace deal remain stalled. Bol is also appealing to peace guarantors to step up diplomatic pressure and support to revive implementation of the peace agreement, strengthen dialogue, and move preparations for elections forward.

Rabies remains one of the deadliest yet most preventable diseases, claiming thousands of lives each year, especially children bitten by unvaccinated dogs. We explore what global prevention efforts mean for South Sudan. This episode marks World Rabies Day under the theme “Act Now: You, Me, Community.” Our guest is Dr. Deng Alier Kuol, who helps us understand the risks, challenges, and solutions in tackling rabies locally. 

The Right2Grow consortium has concluded its programme in South Sudan after four years of implementation. The initiative, which began in 2021, focused on integrating water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) with nutrition to tackle the impact of poor WASH services on child malnutrition. Speaking in Juba at the official closure, consortium partners highlighted how the project targeted vulnerable children by linking access to clean water and sanitation with improved nutrition outcomes.

Guests in this discussion include Joyce Akandu Ayume, Right2Grow Consortium Manager in South Sudan with Save the Children; Samuel Chor Alier, National Coordinator of the Child Rights Civil Society Coalition; and Laurence Caron, Right2Grow Programme Manager at Save the Children Netherlands.

Guests:

1. Gladys Jambi- Associate Gender Affairs-UNMISS

2. Asunta Paul, Terekeka Women Representative.

3. Grace Kani- Central Equatoria Kuda Women Representative.

Guest:

- James Bidal, Head of the Secretariat of the South Sudan Human Rights Defenders.

Guests: 

- H.E. Louis Lobong Lojore, Governor, Eastern Equatoria State.

Guests: 

- Dr. Christopher Paul Madut, Director General of the WBeG State Ministry of Health.

- Dr. Stanslaus Barnaba Majok, WHO Field Coordinator

Guest: 

Dr. Achai Deng, WHO Field Coordinator in the Lakes State.

Guests:

- Dr. Najouk Kulang from the National Ministry of Livestock & Fisheries.

- Dr. David Martin from the Central Equatoria State Ministry.

- Dr. Richard Sebit from VSF Suisse.