Technical protocol for Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions (SMART) Survey in Akoka County Upper Nile State, South Sudan (May 2026)

Country: South Sudan Source: REACH Initiative Please refer to the attached file. 1. BACKGROUND 1.1 Introduction South Sudan, the world’s youngest country having gained independence from Sudan in 2011, has faced recurrent conflict, displacement, climatic shocks, disrupted livelihoods, and chronically high levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition since the onset of the civil conflict in 2013. Although the signing of the Revitalized Peace Agreement in 2018 improved humanitarian access in se