SSYR Condemns Neglect of Upper Nile Communities
For Immediate Release
South Sudan Youth Reforms (SSYR) expresses its deepest concern and strongest condemnation of the ongoing neglect and deliberate marginalization of vulnerable communities in Upper Nile. Despite countless promises and repeated appeals from humanitarian partners, aid and relief are not reaching the underserved or disadvantaged populations most in need.
❌ A Manufactured Crisis
- Relief Blockages: Deliveries are consistently obstructed, leaving thousands of displaced families without critical assistance.
- Weaponizing Suffering: Hunger and disease are being used as tools of control, punishing communities already scarred by conflict.
- Systematic Destruction: Villages are destroyed, livelihoods stripped, and civilians displaced in a slow-motion campaign of destruction.
🚨 The Reality on the Ground
The people of Upper Nile—women, children, and the elderly—are not simply victims of natural disaster or conflict alone. They are victims of a deliberate policy of neglect and exploitation. What should be a coordinated relief effort has instead become a lifeline strangled by corruption, tribal bias, and indifference.
📣 SSYR’s Position
We reject and condemn this in the strongest possible terms. The regime bears full responsibility for the unnecessary suffering of the people of Upper Nile.
SSYR calls on:
- Humanitarian agencies and the UN to bypass corrupt networks and deliver directly to communities.
- Regional and international actors to hold the regime accountable for systematic obstruction of aid.
- South Sudanese youth and civil society to stand united against policies that deliberately target and weaken our people.
The lives of millions should never be treated as disposable. We demand justice, dignity, and relief for Upper Nile—now.