330,000 South Sudanese receive humanitarian assistance: UN
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Six thousand internally displaced people at Kuda 54 kilometers west of
Juba town are appealing for urgent humanitarian assistance. Sept 23,
2016 (UNMISS Photo)
March 10, 2017(JUBA) - Over 338,000 people in the South Sudan
famine-hit areas have received humanitarian assistance, said the
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), on Friday.
On 20 February 2017, South Sudanese government and UN agencies
declared Some 100,000 people were facing starvation in the two
counties of Leer and Mayiandit, while people in Koch and Panyijar
nearby were considered at high risk of famine.
"More than 338,000 people in Leer, Mayendit, Koch and Panyijiar have
received humanitarian assistance since localised famine was declared
in Leer and Mayendit," said Farhan Haq UN deputy spokesperson on
Friday.
Ina separate report, OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke, said over million
people are on the brink of famine but the humanitarian operations are
obstructed by the lack of security and threatened by a funding
shortage.
"In the middle of the response since 20 February, 28 humanitarians had
been advised to leave Mayiandit town by local authorities, following
skirmishes north of the town," Laerke said.
But when they persuaded the authorities to allow aid workers to resume
the humanitarian operation, the fighting on the outskirts of the town
on 1 March forced the 28 humanitarian workers to stay away.
Regarding the shortage of funding, the spokesperson indicated that the
overall requirements for South Sudan for 2017 were at USD 1.6 billion
while the UN had received 9.3 percent of that amount.
"More funding was urgently needed, not least to respond in those areas
where famine was already a reality," he stressed.
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11 March 10:14, by Kush Natives
So sad to see our beloved sisters, brothers, mothers and fathers
starving in such a way, just because we don’t truth ourselves! God
bless South Sudan!
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Six thousand internally displaced people at Kuda 54 kilometers west of
Juba town are appealing for urgent humanitarian assistance. Sept 23,
2016 (UNMISS Photo)
March 10, 2017(JUBA) - Over 338,000 people in the South Sudan
famine-hit areas have received humanitarian assistance, said the
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), on Friday.
On 20 February 2017, South Sudanese government and UN agencies
declared Some 100,000 people were facing starvation in the two
counties of Leer and Mayiandit, while people in Koch and Panyijar
nearby were considered at high risk of famine.
"More than 338,000 people in Leer, Mayendit, Koch and Panyijiar have
received humanitarian assistance since localised famine was declared
in Leer and Mayendit," said Farhan Haq UN deputy spokesperson on
Friday.
Ina separate report, OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke, said over million
people are on the brink of famine but the humanitarian operations are
obstructed by the lack of security and threatened by a funding
shortage.
"In the middle of the response since 20 February, 28 humanitarians had
been advised to leave Mayiandit town by local authorities, following
skirmishes north of the town," Laerke said.
But when they persuaded the authorities to allow aid workers to resume
the humanitarian operation, the fighting on the outskirts of the town
on 1 March forced the 28 humanitarian workers to stay away.
Regarding the shortage of funding, the spokesperson indicated that the
overall requirements for South Sudan for 2017 were at USD 1.6 billion
while the UN had received 9.3 percent of that amount.
"More funding was urgently needed, not least to respond in those areas
where famine was already a reality," he stressed.
(ST)
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rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their
Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect.
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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 com...@sudantribune.com
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The Sudan Tribune editorial team.
11 March 10:14, by Kush Natives
So sad to see our beloved sisters, brothers, mothers and fathers
starving in such a way, just because we don’t truth ourselves! God
bless South Sudan!
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