6 million S. Sudanese need humanitarian assistance
Article
Comments (3)
email Email
print Print
pdfSave
separation
increase
decrease
separation
separation
facebookmyspacetwitterbuzzyahoo
August 3, 2015 (JUBA) – At least 6 million people in South Sudan are
in need of humanitarian assistance, with a quarter of a million
children facing severe and acute malnutrition, a senior United Nations
official has disclosed.
JPEG - 13 kb
UN humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien (UN Photo)
“Forced displacement remains a defining feature of the crisis, with
some 1.6 million people internally displaced, and more than 900,000
having fled to neighboring countries, including more than 60,000 who
fled to Uganda in July alone,” Stephen O’Brien, the
under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs said Wednesday.
Last month, violence in the South Sudan capital, killed nearly 300
people lives, as rival forces loyal to President Salva Kiir clashed
with those allied to Riek Machar.
According to O’Brien, South Sudan remains one of the most fragile
nations in the world.
“The humanitarian response plan for 2016 is only 40 percent funded,
leaving a gap of $765 million. More funding is urgently required for
the scale-up of the response across the country,” said the official,
who recently visited South Sudan.
The UN emergency humanitarian coordinator also condemned attacks on
aid workers operating in South Sudan as well as seizure of assets
belonging to humanitarian agencies, urging the country’s authorities
to investigate and act against such matters.
“We humanitarians are here in South Sudan to save lives and for no
other reason. Our task and demand by the UN and beyond is to
impartially meet the urgent and severe humanitarian and protection
needs of the millions of suffering people in this country,” he
stressed.
At least 60,000 people have fled South Sudan’s recent violence in the
capital city of Juba, bringing to nearly 900,000 the overall number of
South Sudanese refugees in neighbouring nations since December 2013,
the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said.
However, with over 2.6 million of its citizens forcibly displaced,
South Sudan reportedly ranks among countries with the highest levels
of conflict-induced population displacement globally as an estimated
half of the population rely on humanitarian aid.
(ST)
Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following
rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their
Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect.
- No inciting violence
- No inappropriate or offensive language
- No racism, tribalism or sectarianism
- No inappropriate or derogatory remarks
- No deviation from the topic of the article
- No advertising, spamming or links
- No incomprehensible comments
Due to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on
the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site.
There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to
express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your
comment as an article to [email protected]
Kind regards,
The Sudan Tribune editorial team.
4 August 11:43, by Eastern
Stephen and Co know very well who is causing all these 6 million
South Sudanese to be in need of humantarian assistance; the number is
rising by the day. If the UN doesn’t set up a Trusteeship soon, all
South Sudanese will be in need of humantarian assistance; an
unnecessary burden to taxpayers in the developed world!!
repondre message
4 August 13:20, by jur_likang_a_ likan’g
This time the urgency of intervention into South Sudan is vital to
turn everything right. The talk must be effected in order to make
murderers know the world is serious because J1 understands action more
than words. Who does not know J1 qualifies for punishment? They have
done any crime under the sky against innocent citizens who actually
voted yes in referendum for nationhood.
repondre message
4 August 14:43, by Angelo Achuil
I have seen mothers, yes mothers begging in Juba and many children
now at Mobil at passing cars, Hai Malakal. It pains me. We just have
to hang on tight. God will make this time pass. God at the end will
show as to why he allowed our leaders to bring the country down.
--
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/CAJb14oogXiEAEnJK7mZ0D-CAqdBkuD%2B2LWCPmmcvTcVTbk1mYQ%40mail.gmail.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
