By Jacob Onuha Nelson<\/p>\n
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Chiefs from the Balanda Community have called for urgent humanitarian assistance to support internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Yambio County, Western Equatoria State (WES).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n In a statement on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, the community urged humanitarian actors to intervene in the humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n \u201cWe, the undersigned chiefs and representatives of the Balanda community based in Juba, write with deep concern to urgently appeal for humanitarian support for IDPs who continue to suffer as a result of the recent political and military crisis that erupted in early 2025 in parts of WES,\u201d the statement stated.<\/p>\n This call for assistance follows a political transition in February 2025, which resulted in the removal of former governor Alfred Futuyo. This shift triggered targeted violence that spread to Tombura and Yambio counties.<\/p>\n The community said the attacks led to mass displacement, destruction of homes, looting of livelihoods, and the killing of civilians, including students.<\/p>\n The community leaders emphasized the urgent need for intervention to address basic human needs.<\/p>\n \u201cWe respectfully and urgently appeal for your intervention in the following ways: immediate provision of food, non-food items (NFIs), clean water, and shelter for displaced families in Tombura, Nagero, and Yambio; distribution of medical supplies and deployment of mobile health clinics to remote and affected areas; and diplomatic engagement with national and state authorities to halt hostilities, lift discriminatory restrictions, and investigate alleged abuses,\u201d it urged.<\/p>\n The chiefs also called for mechanisms to document human rights violations and ensure justice for victims, stressing the importance of humanitarian principles, civilian protection, and peacebuilding as enshrined in the R-ARCSS and international humanitarian law.<\/p>\n \u201cThe suffering of our people is real, and the time to act is now. Delayed responses risk deepening the crisis and widening the gap between communities, making long-term peace and reconciliation increasingly difficult,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Jacob Onuha Nelson Chiefs from the Balanda Community have called for urgent humanitarian assistance to support internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Yambio County, Western Equatoria State (WES). In a statement on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, the community urged humanitarian actors to intervene in the humanitarian crisis. \u201cWe, the[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":36739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36738","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\/2025\/06\/South-Sudanese-in-need-of-Humanitarian-assistance-in-Yambio.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36738","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=36738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36740,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36738\/revisions\/36740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}