Is Kafia Kingi safe? South Sudan travel risk
Is Kafia Kingi safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kafia Kingi scores 75/100 on our travel risk index (Extreme). The US State Department rates South Sudan Level 4 (Do Not Travel, updated 17 May 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to the whole country (updated 25 Aug 2026); Canada says: avoid all travel. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Kafia Kingi scores 75/100 (Extreme). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and South Sudan (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Kafia Kingi: 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: The US State Department and Government of Canada and UK FCDO advise against all travel here, so the score is held at 75 or higher.
A score of 75 is higher than the scores of 91% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the South Sudan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Geographically located in Western Bahr el Ghazal (9.2734° N, 24.4170° E), Kafia Kingi sits 932.0 km ESE from Juba at 604 m elevation.
Western Bahr el Ghazal
9.2734° N, 24.4170° E
604 m
Africa/Juba
16,000
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 16 | 36 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Kafia Kingi happened in December (36 of 79 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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