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South Sudan faces perennial floods that disrupt human life and destroy property and means of livelihood. Flood events are ...

Seasonal flooding has long been part of the lifestyle of pastoral communities around the Sudd, the largest wetlands in Africa, in the Nile River floodplain. But since the 1960s the swamp has kept ...

The White Nile State government blamed the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for the flooding, alleging they closed the gates of the Jebel Aulia Dam. The RSF, however, claimed the army’s shelling of ...

Analysis - The Jebel Awliya Dam, located on the White Nile in Sudan, stands as a crucial piece of infrastructure for the ...

El Gezira Aba / Jebel Aulia — The humanitarian situation in White Nile state has rapidly deteriorated over the past week as floods and a cholera outbreak continue to wreak havoc. Thousands are ...

Seasonal flooding has long been part of the lifestyle of pastoral communities around the Sudd, the largest wetlands in Africa, in the Nile River floodplain. But since the 1960s the swamp has kept ...

Closing the Jebel Aulia Dam, which has a reservoir capacity of 2.3 billion cubic meters, is causing water to build up, raising the risk of flooding downstream. White Nile State Governor Omer Al ...