Highlights

• Civilians in Pibor, Jonglei State, again fled the town amid escalating tension and widespread looting of civilian property and humanitarian supplies.

• Around 11, 000 people have fled to Juba following hostilities in Jonglei State.

• Over 18,000 refugees are being relocated to a new camp in Upper Nile State to avoid flooding.

By Caelin Briggs

Bor, South Sudan – It has been a dark week in Jonglei State in eastern South Sudan. On Friday night, the last of the humanitarian workers in Pibor town were evacuated by UN helicopter as South Sudanese forces roamed the dusty streets, attacking civilians and looting anything they could carry.

Concerned about violence, looting and displacement of civilians in Pibor, Jonglei State, UNMISS called on the South Sudanese government to act immediately against the perpetrators in a statement released by the mission today.

05/12/2013 18:39 GMT

APOETA, South Sudan, May 12, 2013 (AFP) - South Sudanese soldiers have looted UN stores and charities in troubled Jonglei state where the government has been battling rebels for a year, humanitarian sources told AFP on Sunday.

They said uniformed men ransacked and looted a hospital and premises of French aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

The men also "flattened" premises of the Italian aid agency INTERSOS and raided UN stores in Pibor town late on Saturday and Sunday, the sources said.

As of 5 May, 73 cases had been reported, with three related deaths. Health partners are mobilizing to carry out a vaccination campaign targeting over 150,000 people.

May 4, 2013 (JUBA) - Rebel forces from the South Sudan Democratic Movement/Army (SSDM/A) are seriously advising civilians and NGOs to leave the South Sudanese towns of Kapoeta and Pibor within a week, amid concerns for their safety.

NAIROBI, 2 May 2013 (IRIN) - Food security in South Sudan is deteriorating in the face of ongoing conflict, high food prices, and the large-scale return of refugee and internally displaced families.

Lakes, Western Bahr El Ghazal and Unity states are the most affected, with at least 1.15 million people expected to face food insecurity as the rainy season progresses, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) office in South Sudan told IRIN.

(18th April 2013) - The South Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (SSRRC) has suspended the movement of humanitarian aid and workers between Bor town and Pibor County in Jonglei State.

The move was based on a security recommendation, said SSRRC director Gabriel Deng Ajak. “The advisory that we have received is to put on hold the movement of relief items between Pibor and Bor,” Mr. Deng said.

Highlights:

• Jonglei insecurity is impacting the delivery of aid in Pibor County, with important relief held up as aid organizations stop travel on the Bor-Pibor road.

• Insecurity related to migration is affecting thousands of people in the Abyei area, as competition grows over scarce water and pasture resources.

• Pre-positioning of aid supplies ahead of the rainy season is progressing well, with food partners having positioned 64 per cent of food aid required for vulnerable communities.