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The United States of America has announced additional funding of $32 million specifically for refugee response efforts in South Sudan.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, announced on September 25 as part of an increase in humanitarian assistance funding aimed at addressing the ongoing crisis in Sudan.<\/p>\n This latest funding boost raises the total U.S. assistance dedicated to supporting people fleeing the conflict in Sudan to over\u00a0$105 million for fiscal year 2024.<\/p>\n In addition to this targeted support, the overall humanitarian assistance provided by the United States to South Sudan-benefiting both Sudanese refugees and South Sudanese citizens in need, has exceeded\u00a0$640 million\u00a0during the same period.<\/p>\n This funding is essential for addressing the urgent needs of those affected by the prolonged instability and violence in the region.<\/p>\n Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield emphasized the importance of a coordinated international response and reiterated the urgent need for increased contributions from South Sudan\u2019s transitional government.<\/p>\n She urged the government to allocate more financial resources toward humanitarian efforts and essential public services.<\/p>\n She further called for actions to reduce the costs and risks faced by organizations working to assist the South Sudanese population.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By No. 1 Citizen The United States of America has announced additional funding of $32 million specifically for refugee response efforts in South Sudan. US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, announced on September 25 as part of an increase in humanitarian assistance funding aimed at addressing the[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":29313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Sudanese-refugees-at-a-Transit-Centre-in-Renk.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29314,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29312\/revisions\/29314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}