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South Sudan - Crisis Fact Sheet #19, Fiscal Year (FY) 2014

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KEY DEVELOPMENTS

· Insecurity and fighting continue to severely affect communities and impede humanitarian access across South Sudan, with violence displacing more than 580,000 people both internally and as refugees to neighboring countries as of January 19, according to the U.N.

· The security situation remains unpredictable and tense in areas affected by violence, particularly in Bor town, Jonglei State, and Malakal town, Upper Nile State, with persistent reports of targeted killings, looting, destruction of property, and other abuses that have affected civilians. Approximately 22,000 people continued to shelter at the UNMISS base in Malakal, while the number of civilians at the UNMISS base in Bor increased to an estimated 10,000 individuals as of January 19.

· Despite access constraints, emergency relief operations continue to expand in South Sudan, and humanitarian agencies have provided limited humanitarian assistance to an estimated 212,400 people. Relief organizations are planning to implement new activities in areas hosting large concentrations of internally displaced persons (IDPs), such as Lankien town, Jonglei, and Nimule town, Eastern Equatoria State. Population displacement in remote areas, rapidly shifting security conditions, and looting and commandeering of humanitarian assets by armed actors are impeding robust, sustained relief efforts.