South Sudan: Famine and Humanitarian Aid Access
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South Sudan: Famine and Humanitarian Aid Access
H U M A N I TA R I A N I N F O R M AT I O N U N I T
On 20th February, the UN and South Sudanese Government declared a famine affecting 100,000 people in the counties of Leer and Mayendit in Unity State.* According to the UN, about 1 million additional people are on the brink of famine. An estimated 4.9 million people are severely food insecure in South Sudan (IPC phases 3, 4, and 5), and numbers are expected to reach 5.5 million in July at the height of the lean season.
Ongoing conflict and insecurity, attacks against aid workers, and poor road infrastructure impede humanitarian access and response. In 2016, 63 aid workers were killed or injured in 40 attacks in South Sudan. In late February, insecurity forced 28 aid workers in Mayendit County to leave, according to UN officials.
Disputed area
CEN TR AL AF RICA N REPUBLIC
Northern Bahr el Ghazal
No Data 1: Minimal 2: Stressed 3: Crisis 4: Emergency 5: Famine* Elevated risk of famine*
Northern Bahr el Ghazal
35%
1,440,000
Central Equatoria
40%
34%
1,400,000
5% 16%
28%
Upper Nile
27%
29%
Warrap
1,325,000
5%
Upper Nile
38%
50%
1,295,000
Koch
SOU T H
8%
36%
Leer Panyijiar
ETHIOPIA
29% 8% 12%
Jonglei
14%
SU DA N
DEMOCR ATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative
Lakes
1,225,000
Unity
37% 11%
34%
Lakes
34% 1,010,000 32%
29% 705,000 57%
Eastern Equatoria
Western Bahr el Ghazal
Juba
530,000
Central Equatoria
23%
Eastern Equatoria
Western Equatoria
Western Equatoria
26%
1,220,000 32%
14%
Closed road Limited access road (light vehicles only) Other road 2016 attack on aid workers Airport or airfield used by UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) Helipad used by UNHAS
13%
20%
3%
Unity
Mayendit Warrap Western Bahr el Ghazal
35%
42%
21%
*For Leer, Koch, Mayendit and Panyijiar counties in Unity State, in the absence of full quantitative data sets (food consumption, livelihoods changes, nutrition and mortality), analyses were complemented with † Final sovereignty status professional judgment of the Global of Abyei Area pending IPC Emergency Review Committee negotiations between South Sudan and Sudan. and SS IPC TWG members.
IPC acute food insecurity phase Feb. 2017 - Apr. 2017
Jonglei
1,825,000
S U D A N A bye i A re a †
Estimated populations in IPC acute food insecurity phases (by state)
11%
12%
16% 44%
2% 38%
Administrative boundary
UGA N DA
Sources: Aid Worker Security Database, South Sudan IPC Technical Working Group (SS IPC TWG), UNICEF, World Food Programme, press reporting
K E N YA
0 0
50 mi 50
100 km
March 6, 2017 - U1547 STATE (HIU)
U.S. Department of State [email protected] http://hiu.state.gov
South Sudan: Famine and Humanitarian Aid Access
H U M A N I TA R I A N I N F O R M AT I O N U N I T
On 20th February, the UN and South Sudanese Government declared a famine affecting 100,000 people in the counties of Leer and Mayendit in Unity State.* According to the UN, about 1 million additional people are on the brink of famine. An estimated 4.9 million people are severely food insecure in South Sudan (IPC phases 3, 4, and 5), and numbers are expected to reach 5.5 million in July at the height of the lean season.
Ongoing conflict and insecurity, attacks against aid workers, and poor road infrastructure impede humanitarian access and response. In 2016, 63 aid workers were killed or injured in 40 attacks in South Sudan. In late February, insecurity forced 28 aid workers in Mayendit County to leave, according to UN officials.
Disputed area
CEN TR AL AF RICA N REPUBLIC
Northern Bahr el Ghazal
No Data 1: Minimal 2: Stressed 3: Crisis 4: Emergency 5: Famine* Elevated risk of famine*
Northern Bahr el Ghazal
35%
1,440,000
Central Equatoria
40%
34%
1,400,000
5% 16%
28%
Upper Nile
27%
29%
Warrap
1,325,000
5%
Upper Nile
38%
50%
1,295,000
Koch
SOU T H
8%
36%
Leer Panyijiar
ETHIOPIA
29% 8% 12%
Jonglei
14%
SU DA N
DEMOCR ATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative
Lakes
1,225,000
Unity
37% 11%
34%
Lakes
34% 1,010,000 32%
29% 705,000 57%
Eastern Equatoria
Western Bahr el Ghazal
Juba
530,000
Central Equatoria
23%
Eastern Equatoria
Western Equatoria
Western Equatoria
26%
1,220,000 32%
14%
Closed road Limited access road (light vehicles only) Other road 2016 attack on aid workers Airport or airfield used by UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) Helipad used by UNHAS
13%
20%
3%
Unity
Mayendit Warrap Western Bahr el Ghazal
35%
42%
21%
*For Leer, Koch, Mayendit and Panyijiar counties in Unity State, in the absence of full quantitative data sets (food consumption, livelihoods changes, nutrition and mortality), analyses were complemented with † Final sovereignty status professional judgment of the Global of Abyei Area pending IPC Emergency Review Committee negotiations between South Sudan and Sudan. and SS IPC TWG members.
IPC acute food insecurity phase Feb. 2017 - Apr. 2017
Jonglei
1,825,000
S U D A N A bye i A re a †
Estimated populations in IPC acute food insecurity phases (by state)
11%
12%
16% 44%
2% 38%
Administrative boundary
UGA N DA
Sources: Aid Worker Security Database, South Sudan IPC Technical Working Group (SS IPC TWG), UNICEF, World Food Programme, press reporting
K E N YA
0 0
50 mi 50
100 km
March 6, 2017 - U1547 STATE (HIU)
