Humanitarian Situation Worsening In Eastern Equatoria The current humanitarian situation in Eastern Equatoria, according to the Head of Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, RRC, Mr. John Odongi, is terrible with an outlook that looks uncertain. 19 July 2016
By Peter Lokale Nakimangole *TORIT, 18 July 2016 [Gurtong]* – The current humanitarian situation in Eastern Equatoria, according to the Head of Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, RRC, Mr. John Odongi, is terrible with an outlook that looks uncertain. Speaking to Gurtong, Monday, in his office in Torit said an urgent humanitarian assistance is needed in the eastern Equatoria region following attacks in Torit including parts of Magwi and Ikotos town by unknown gunmen last week. “In fact, generally, the humanitarian condition in both Imatong and Namorunyang States is appalling. And until now, we are stuck though struggling to re-fix it accordingly. Anyway, we have not yet given up and currently working closely with our partners notably the World Food Programme, WFP, our main leader in the sector which has so far intervened with a little help on emergency food aid. This followed strange element of attacks in Imatong’s Magwi, Torit and Ikotos towns last week, by mysterious armed men.” As a result of the attacks, all the basic food commodities have been blocked from entering Torit and other major towns as road ambushes had since the past week. “… After the attacks, all the basic food commodities in the market across the region especially Torit, Magwi and Ikotos, have completely disappeared because of lack of accessibility. All roads leading to Torit and other key towns like Kapoeta including Chukudum, have been blocked due to increased attacks by unknown armed criminals.” Odongi told Gurtong that businesspersons who have been seeking and appealing for government escorts on highways while transporting goods in the region have been scared to do so as there is no means of transport. He however, confirmed to Gurtong that so far, the World Food Programme (WFP), has intervened with some 57 and 56 Metric Tonnes of sorghum and yellow cowpeas respectively, and distribution exercise targeting everyone within Torit Municipal Council, has begun since Sunday. He revealed that there are 235,000 inhabitants with 17,409 households, according to latest record of the Torit Municipal Council. Posted in: Home <http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx>, Humanitarian <http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/8/Humanitarian.aspx> - See more at: http://gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ID/19658/Default.aspx#sthash.wdAmLIcN.dpuf -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- 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]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14orYVBVqj1rYSkObX-Nmvg2gmPdD4RyAaLc5iqF%3Dc5R7fA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
