About 400 residents remain in Kajo-keji after displacement – OCHA Memoscar Lasuba | March 13, 2017 | 9:57 am
Some of the displaced civilians at Emmanuel Cathedral in Kajo-keji on Jan 25, 2017|Credit|Diocese of Kajo-keji The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says aid partners have estimated there are only around 400 people remaining in Kajo-Keji town.They are mainly people with disabilities, children, and the elderly. The population of the town before the conflict erupted last year is not clear. However, according to Sudan’s 2008 population census, Kajo-Keji town and its surrounding areas are inhabited by nearly 200, 000 people.In a statement, OCHA says the aid agencies have also observed that the main hospital in Kajo-Keji has been vandalized and medical staffers working at the facility have fled.However, it said Liwolo payam is hosting an estimated 30,000 IDPs who were displaced primarily from Kaya, Lainya, Morobo, and Yei. OCHA also says Humanitarian partners estimate that tens of thousands of people remain displaced in areas in and around Lainya of Yei River state since October 2016.It says new displacement and humanitarian needs continue to be reported in the Equatoria region as a result of continuous violence. -- 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/CAJb14oq8RFaVC_WQLWx8u3kUU08-tq%2BSJoQTGUP0oLeGBciJLw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
