EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Nutrition situation in South Sudan has remained precarious over the years owing to chronic food insecurity. The populations displaced from South Kordofan and Blue Nile states from 2011 owing to conflict, were installed into camps in the Maban county and high levels of malnutrition among the children was described as a humanitarian crisis. A survey conducted by Médecins sans Frontières -Belgium (MSF-B) in Batil camps subsequently in August 2012, revealed Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) rate of 39.8%.

The Common Humanitarian Fund allocated $56 million towards emergency preparedness, allowing aid organizations to move stocks to areas difficult to access in the rainy season.

A humanitarian crisis looms in South Sudan as Yauyau militias, under the command of David Yauyau, continue to fight the SPLA government forces in Boma and Pibor towns, Jonglei.

Civilians, mostly women and children, have been caught in the crossfire and reports from Minority Rights Group International (MRG) partners on the ground show looting of household items as well as cows and sorghum.

16 May 2013 – Additional United Nations peacekeepers are on alert to protect civilians in the town of Pibor in South Sudan’s Jonglei state where the situation remains tense amid recent violence, looting and displacement, the Secretary-General’s spokesperson today said.

“The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has a full time presence in Pibor and is continuously monitoring the security situation, particularly in respect to the few remaining residents,” the spokesperson told journalists in New York.

(14 May 2013) - Five people have been killed in an inter-tribal clash in Unity State.

The State’s deputy governor, Michael Chanjiak Gai, told Radio Miraya that the fighting occurred on Monday morning, at the border between Mayom and Koch counties.

Chanjiak said the clashes appear to have been a revenge attack for a cattle raid in Koch County last week in which one person was killed.

“Some youth from Koch County went and attacked youth of Mayom in a place called Rier that incident came as a result of cattle theft.”

Highlights

UNHCR began on 06 May 2013, the relocation of 18,200 Sudanese refugees from flood prone Jamam refugee camp, to the new site, Kaya, ahead of the onset of this year’s seasonal rains.

Clashes between host and refugee communities in Doro camp illustrate the possible threat of civil unrest across Maban. Efforts are underway to bring the two communities together.

Over 95% of refugee children have been immunized during the national polio immunization campaign this month.

Seeking to improve their living conditions, UNMISS and the UN refugee agency in Upper Nile State donated non-food items to inmates at Malakal Central Prison today.

Receiving blankets, plates, cups, sleeping mats and soap from the mission and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Acting Prison Director John Othow Ador said the items would be very useful to prisoners.

“This is a clear (indicator) that you are really concerned about human rights issues,” said Maj. Ador.

TOTAL POPULATION REGISTERED TO DATE:
- 16,682 individuals(Active: 16,682 & Hold: 0)
- 4,268 households
-Female headed households: 1,719(40%)

Cumulative statistics
From 01-Jan-13 To 12-May-13
New Registered Refugees: 1,568
New Birth: 342

INTER CAMP TRANSFER TO JAMMAM,BATIL,DORO
MOBILESERVER
- Transfer HH: 12
- Transfer Individual: 17

TOTAL POPULATION REGISTERED TO DATE:

• 37,867 individuals(Active: 37,867 & Hold: 0)
  
• 9,336 households
  
• Female headed households: 3,405(36%)

Cumulative statistics
From 01-Jan-13 To 05-May-13
New Registered Refugees: 274
New Birth: 291

INTER CAMP TRANSFER TO JAMMAM,Doro,DORO
MOBILESERVER,GENDRASSA
- Transfer HH: 18
- Transfer Individual: 52