(JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN) – The International Committee of the Red Cross has provided cash assistance to more than 3,300 families who returned from Sudan to Aweil North County in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State.
The assistance was delivered in collaboration with the South Sudan Red Cross.
It covered returnees in Malual North, Malual Centre, Malual West, Malual East and Ariath.
The ICRC said the cash support was aimed at helping the families meet their most immediate needs and cope with the challenges of returning and rebuilding their lives.
The distribution forms part of the ICRC’s broader response to the returnee crisis in Northern Bahr el Ghazal. In July 2025, the ICRC and the South Sudan Red Cross distributed food and essential household items to about 12,000 affected people in Gok Machar in Aweil North . Each family received beans, sorghum, salt, sugar, cooking oil and non-food items including kitchen sets, blankets, soap, buckets, mats, mosquito nets and tarpaulins .
The ICRC reported in September 2026 that more than 24,132 returnees and refugees affected by the conflict in Sudan had received assistance including food, cash, agricultural support and household items in the first half of the year .
South Sudan hosts an estimated 1.1 million Sudanese refugees and South Sudanese returnees who have arrived since April 2023, placing added pressure on host communities with limited resources.
