Humanitarian Aid Delivery In Jonglei’s Pibor Suspended The United Nations Office of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), South Sudan says insecurity situation in Jonglei has blocked the road connecting the State Capital, Bor and Pibor restless county.
19 April 2013 By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA – 19 April 2013 [Gurtong] - In its weekly humanitarian bulletin released on Thursday, OCHA said since the attack on a UN convoy last week in Jonglei State, humanitarian aid organizations could not move to Pibor. “Aid organizations have not used the Bor-Pibor road since the attack. As a result, at least nine trucks with food and other humanitarian cargo are stuck and unable to reach communities in need,” said the UN. “In addition, five trucks carrying construction materials for the repair of the Pibor town airstrip, which is critical for relief operations during the rainy season, are also stuck outside Bor,” it added. Nevertheless, humanitarian work in accessible parts of Jonglei continues according to the humanitarian agency. It said water and sanitation and non-food item partners assisted around 2,500 people from Kolnyang Payam, Bor County. The last week attack allegedly by David Yau Yau rebels on a UN convoy heading from Pibor to Bor left five UN peace keepers, four officials and three civilian contractors dead. Yau Yau is reported to be operating with his base mainly in Pibor where he comes from. His offensive is not only on government forces but civilians too. In February he was reported to have killed at least 80 people mainly women and children in the area. His actions have increased the need for supply of humanitarian aid to the area. The United Nations has called on government to ensure maximum effort to curb the situation in the volatile State. Posted in: Home, Humanitarian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
