South Sudan’s humanitarian response severely underfunded as crisis
deepens: aid agencies
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September 29, 2016 (JUBA) – Humanitarian response in war-hit South
Sudan has been “severely” underfunded, despite the deepening crisis
the country faces, aid agencies said.
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Food is distributed at a refugee site in South Sudan’s Upper Nile
state (Photo: WFP/Ahnna Gudmunds)
The United Nations humanitarian body (OCHA), said only 54% ($691.8m)
has so far been received out of $1.3 billion required under the 2016
South Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) earmarked to respond to
the most life-threatening needs of 5.1 million people across the
country.
There are also reports of new clashes in multiple locations across the
country, which humanitarian agencies say, have left even greater
numbers of people uprooted from homes.
“Civilians continue to be killed and subjected to horrendous
violations, including sexual violence,” OCHA said in its latest
report, adding “Hunger and malnutrition have reached historic levels
and taken hold in previously stable areas”.
Concerns have also been raised about the increasingly dangerous and
difficult operating environment, with notable violence against aid
workers, bureaucratic impediments, looting and interference in
humanitarian work.
Despite the challenges, OCHA said, humanitarian partners delivered
lifesaving assistance and protection to more than 3.2 million people
across the country from January to July 2016, including in some of the
most remote locations.
Meanwhile, Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS) reports that South
Sudanese refugees continue to arrive through Joda, El Mqeins and Kuek
border points in White Nile State.
About 1,500 South Sudanese, SRCS said, arrived through the three
border entry points between 1 and 15 September bringing the number of
new arrivals through these three points to 16,209 individuals (5,828
households) so far this year.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported in its latest update that an
increase in the arrival rate of South Sudanese refugees into White
Nile State may be expected.
This trend has been observed in previous years and usually coincides
with the end of the rainy season, UNHCR noted.
According to UNHCR, as of 15 September, White Nile hosted 102,961
South Sudanese refugees who have arrived since December 2013. This, it
said, represents about 41% of all registered South Sudanese refugees
in Sudan.
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