An IOM operation to provide return assistance to some 10,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from South Sudan's provinces of Eastern, Central and Western Equatoria is due to resume next week when a first group of some 350 IDPs will board an IOM chartered ferry that will take them on an 18-hour long journey up the White Nile from Juba to Bor, in Jonglei State.

The operation, which last year helped some 3,000 vulnerable IDPs return to their homeland in Bor County, was suspended in June because of the onslaught of the rainy season.

"Travel by river remains one of

Weekly Introduction: Flooding in Ethiopia and Somalia

This week's report covers the following sectors: Agriculture, Coordination and Support Services, Education, Food, Health, Infrastructure and Rehabilitation, Refugees and IDPs, Security, Shelter and Non-food Items, Water & Sanitation

(A) Highlights

(B) Middle East,Central Asia and Eastern Europe: (1) Lebanon

(C) East & Central Africa: (1) Burundi (2) Eritrea (3) Ethiopia (4) Kenya (5) Rwanda (6) Somalia (7) Sudan (8) Tanzania (9) Uganda

(D) West Africa: (1) Cote d'Ivoire (2) Guinea Bissau (3) Liberia (4) Mauritania

(E) Southern Africa: (1) Angola

This week's report covers the following sectors: Agriculture, Coordination and Support Services, Education, Food, Health, Infrastructure and Rehabilitation, Mine Action, Protection / Human Rights / Rule of Law, Refugees and IDPs, Security, Shelter and Non-food Items, Water & Sanitation

(A) Highlights

(B) Middle East,Central Asia and Eastern Europe: (1) Lebanon (2) occupied Palestinian territories

(C) East & Central Africa: (1) Burundi (2) Congo, DR (3) Ethiopia (4) Rwanda (5) Somalia (6) Sudan (7) Tanzania (8) Uganda

(D) West Africa: (1) Côte d'Ivoire

THIS ISSUE'S HIGHLIGHTS:

- HUMANITARIAN IMPACT IN LRA AREAS

- OVERVIEW OF DARFUR

- CHOLERA/AWD OUTBREAK MAP SUDAN

- CHF FUNDING OVERVIEW; EVENTS CALENDAR

SOUTHERN SUDAN

Humanitarian partners finally have the opportunity to reach and assess the needs of communities in areas most impacted by the violence wrought by Uganda's Lords Resistance Army (LRA) incursion into Southern Sudan. previous redness y Prepa Following the signing of a Cessation of Hostilities at the end of August, and the reduction of security incidents in the Western and Eastern Equatoria, OCHA Emergency

By Afaf Bukhari and Nawal Hassan, Sudanese Red Crescent, Photos by Haitham Ibrahim

As the waters of the Nile recede slowly in and around Khartoum, the 15,000 residents of Tuti Island - located in the confluence of the White and Blue Nile rivers - are inspecting the damage done by the recent flooding in the rivers.

It could have been worse - much worse, as families in other parts of the country are finding out the hard way. It is now estimated that more than 90 thousand people have been affected by the floods that have devastated large tracts of land in Sudan over the last few weeks.

Agriculture, Coordination and Support Services, Food, Health, Infrastructure and Rehabilitation, Mine Action, Protection / Human Rights / Rule of Law, Refugees and IDPs, Security, Shelter and Non-food Items, Water & Sanitation

(A) Highlights

(B) Middle East,Central Asia and Eastern Europe: (1) Lebanon (2) occupied Palestinian territories

(C) East & Central Africa: (1) Burundi (2) Congo, DR (3) Ethiopia (4) Kenya (5) Rwanda (6) Somalia (7) Sudan (8) Tanzania (9) Uganda

(D) West Africa: (1) Liberia

(E) Southern Africa: (1) Angola

Sector I (Headquarters Juba)

Civilian Activity

Human Rights unit suggests amendments to human rights bill

The Human Rights Section of the U.N. Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) proposed amendments to a draft bill on human rights, one that had been produced by the Southern Sudan Human Rights Commission. The suggested amendments, submitted to the Director of Legislation and Contracts in the Ministry of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Development, were aimed at bringing the draft bill more into conformity with best practices adopted by other nations' human rights commissions.

This week's report covers the following sectors: Agriculture, Coordination and Support Services, Education, Food, Health, Infrastructure and Rehabilitation, Mine Action, Protection / Human Rights / Rule of Law, Refugees and IDPs, Security, Shelter and Non-food Items, Water & Sanitation

(A) Highlights

(B) Middle East,Central Asia and Eastern Europe: (1) Lebanon (2) occupied Palestinian territories (3) Russian Federation (Caucasus)

(C) East & Central Africa: (1) Burundi (2) Congo, DR (3) Djibouti (4) Eritrea (5) Ethiopia (6) Rwanda (7) Somalia (8) Sudan (9) Tanzania (10) Uganda