Highlights / Key Priorities
- Over 22,000 IDPs reached with humanitarian assistance after months of inaccessibility
- WFP begins airdrops of food aid in parts of Jonglei, Upper Nile and Warrap States
- Fighting between Toposa and Turkana pastoralists intensified in recent weeks
- Access constraints map (refer to last page)
Situation Overview
Slight improvements in humanitarian access were reported during the last two weeks in parts of Jonglei, Warrap, Western Equatoria and Central Equatoria States.
Jonglei and Warrap: Continued insecurity in Jonglei and Warrap States had delayed humanitarian response to over 22,000 IDPs that were displaced by various incidents of fighting in August 2009. In Twic East, Jonglei State, 15,567 people that were displaced after the attack by Lou Neur on Lith Payam at the end of August were verified at the end of October. Up to 570 IDPs displaced in Duk Padiet were also verified. Distributions of food and NFIs will resume in the next few weeks. WFP has begun to airdrop twomonth food rations to about 6,000 IDPs who were displaced in Rualbet Payam, Warrap State following inter-communal fighting in the area in August.
Non-food items (NFIs) from IOM will be transported with the help of UNMIS Sector II.
[Source: OCHA, WFP]
Western Equatoria State: WFP and partners managed to verify 4,546 vulnerable people in Ezo County and distributed 32.25mt of food to a total of 1,732 refugees at a camp in Ezo Town, while food distribution to 3,408 IDPs is on-going in Nzara County. This was the first major operation since mid-August when normal/regular humanitarian operations were suspended due to LRA attacks. Up to 1,200 NFI kits were also distributed by IOM. These operations were made possible through use of UNMIS or SPLA armed escorts.
[Source: WFP, WVI]
