South Sudan: SSD Protection Cluster Update - February 2026

Country: South Sudan Source: Protection Cluster Please refer to the attached file. February 2026 experienced renewed inter-communal violence in Upper Nile, resulting in 57 deaths and 65 injuries in Balliet and triggering retaliatory operation, which included aerial bombardments in Ulang later that month. Fighting between SSPDF and SPLA-iO in several locations of Jonglei State has intensified since December 2025, triggering repeated waves of displacement forcing up to 280,000 civilians to flee. T