Surge of casualties in South Sudan as conflict intensifies: ‘It’s heartbreaking’

The International Committee of the Red Cross said they have seen admission rise by more than 50 per cent during the first six months of the year compared to 2025. - (ICRC)

Kol is one year and eight months old, but already he has been both shot and orphaned.

Sleeping beside his grandmother, Nyayuel, at Juba Military Hospital, he is recovering from a bullet wound in his upper right thigh. Both his parents were killed in crossfire during fighting in Uror County, part of South Sudan’s Jonglei state.