The Silent Epidemic: South Sudan’s Mental Health Crisis Amidst Enduring Violence

Localized clashes over cattle, resources, and revenge killings remain a brutal reality of daily life. Each new attack, each loss of a family member, adds another layer of trauma to a population already at its breaking point.

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The Silent Epidemic: South Sudan’s Mental Health Crisis Amidst Enduring Violence

Rights for Post Thumbnail Image: World Humanitarian Summit. Image Caption: Ganyiel, Unity State, South Sudan, April 21 2014 – Rebecca Nyaknme fled the fighting in Bentiu together with her family. Only her and two children arrived after they were separated from the husband and the other two children. Rebbecca and the two children live in simple straw huts on the outskirts of Ganyiel. Having lost everything they own, they arrived in Ganyiel empty-handed. Their survival relies on foreign aid, and without emergency food they will starve.

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