Sudan
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Key Content
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OCHA: Sudan Humanitarian Bulletin Issue 17 | 24 September – 7 October 2018 [EN/AR]
UNICEF: UNICEF Sudan Humanitarian Situation Report, September 2018![UN SC: Report of the Secretary-General on Situation in Abyei (S/2018/923) [EN/AR] - Cover preview](https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/styles/attachment-small/public/resources-pdf-previews/1186558-N1831462.png?itok=OcoalauT)
UN SC: Report of the Secretary-General on Situation in Abyei (S/2018/923) [EN/AR]
Appeals & Response Plans
OCHA: Sudan 2018 Humanitarian Needs Overview
OCHA: Sudan 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan, January-December 2018
OCHA: Sudan: Multi-Year Humanitarian Strategy 2017-2019
UNICEF: Humanitarian Action for Children - Sudan (Revised June 2018)
UNHCR: South Sudan Situation - Responding to the needs of displaced South Sudanese and refugees, Supplementary Appeal January - December 2018
UNHCR: Inter-agency Response Plan for South Sudanese Refugees in Khartoum’s ‘Open Areas’
Useful Links
Disasters
- Sudan: Floods - Jul 2018
- Sudan: Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) Outbreak - Jul 2017
- Sudan: Floods - Jun 2017
- Sudan: Floods - Jun 2016
- Sudan/South Sudan: Measles Outbreak - Mar 2015
- Sudan: Floods - Jul 2014
- Sudan: Yellow Fever Outbreak - Nov 2013
- Sudan: Flash Floods - Aug 2013
- Sudan: Yellow Fever Outbreak - Oct 2012
- Sudan: Floods - Jun 2012
Maps & Infographics
Most read reports
- Sudan: Humanitarian Funds come together to help people support themselves
- Sudan: Population Dashboard - Refugees from South Sudan (as of 31 October 2018)
- SUDAN - South West of Sudan and North-East South-Sudan - OCBA projects
- Security Council Adopts Resolution 2445 (2018), Extending Mandate of United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei
- Sudan: East Darfur Population Dashboard - Refugees from South Sudan (as of 31 October 2018)
By Batul Sadliwala and Alex de Waal
Risk of Famine (IPC Phase 5) persists in Yemen and South Sudan
SC/13582
On 24 October 2018, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan was briefed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, on the current situation regarding sexual violence in Sudan and particularly Darfur.
SC/13578
15 NOVEMBER 2018
SECURITY COUNCIL
8400TH MEETING (AM)
The Security Council today decided to extend until 15 May 2019 the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) ‑ operating in an oil-rich contested area on the border of Sudan and South Sudan ‑ while simultaneously reducing the Mission’s military troops and increasing its police presence.
KEY INDICATORS
1,675 Refugees evacuated temporarily from Libya to Niger as part of the ETM (Emergency Transit Mechanism) from November 2017 – October 2018
2,133 Persons profiled by UNHCR in Agadez seeking asylum
48,736 Persons internally displaced in the Tillaberi & Tahoua regions
Operational Context
The key situations include:
Lowest new arrivals in 2018 so far, following steady decline since January.
First round of ‘find-and-treat’ nutrition campaign starts in South Kordofan.
Expansion of livelihoods programming for refugees and host communities in White Nile.
TOTAL INTER-AGENCY FUNDING REQUIRED FOR SUDAN UNDER THE REVISED 2018 REGIONAL REFUGEE RESPONSE PLAN (RRRP)
USD 294.8 M Funded 26% 77.1 M
Population Update
Total number of refugees*: 764,400
Pre-Dec 2013 refugees: 352,212
Total arrivals in 2018: 30,420
Total arrivals in Oct 2018: 721
Post-Dec 2013 refugees: 412,188
Overview
During the first nine months of 2018, just under 25,100 refugees were submitted by UNHCR for resettlement' to 19 countries in Europe.2 This is 24% less than the same period in 2017, but already two-thirds more than the average rate of 15,400 submissions per year during the previous 10 years.
Security Incidents and Access Constraints
Africa
Cameroon
05 October 2018: In Tole region, Fako department, soldiers entered an IDP camp and began shooting, leaving three civilians dead. No further information specified. Source: ACLED
Central African Republic
31 October 2018: In Batangafo town, Ouham prefecture, clashes between unidentified armed groups led to three IDP camps being set on fire, leaving around 27,000 persons without a home. Sources:
RJDH, MSF and ACLED
Contexte actuel (septembre 2018)
Le Tchad fait face à trois crises principales, dans un contexte de faible développement et de pauvreté chronique : les mouvements de population, l’insécurité alimentaire et la malnutrition, et les urgences sanitaires. Il est estimé, d’après le Plan de réponse humanitaire 2018 révisé que 4,9 millions de personnes sont dans le besoin (52% de femmes) dont 2,1 millions particulièrement vulnérables ciblées pour une assistance humanitaire.
Executive Summary
Between August and October this year, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) held meetings on Libya, Lesotho, Guinea-Bissau, South Sudan, Burundi, the Central African Republic (CAR), Darfur and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Very few new initiatives, however, were launched. In some cases, such as Burundi, the PSC again called for action by the region – in this instance, the East African Community (EAC) – and in others, such as the CAR, it expressed support for the African Union (AU) initiative in the country.
Khartoum, 14 November 2018 – Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched a three-day subnational immunization days campaign (SNIDs), taking place on 12–14 November 2018, to maintain the country’s polio-free status.
Key findings and recommendations
Extent of statelessness
13,400+ Refugees received relief packages across South Sudan during the reporting period.
3,500+ Refugees reached with Ebola virus prevention awareness in Western Equatoria during the reporting period.
850+ Refugees and IDPs received capacity building across South Sudan during the reporting period.
REFUGEE RESPONSE
Achievements and Impact
Unity
Community leaders in Nyala's Otash camp for displaced people reported that more than 200 people died because of disease and a lack of food in the past three months.
Sheikhs and omdas in Otash camp, South Darfur, conducted a survey which indicated that 284 people, mostly elderly and children, died in the past three months. Results pointed out that causes of death included a deterioration in health and hygiene following the collapse of toilets.
One of the sheikhs told Radio Dabanga that also malnutrition and diseases were reported causes of death.
Nakivale, one of the oldest refugee settlements in Uganda, was opened in 1958 and officially established as a settlement in 1960. The settlement hosts more than 100,000 refugees from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, and South Sudan. During the Burundian crisis in 2015, the population of the settlement greatly increased and has since remained this high. Markets are bustling and food is available for purchase, but many refugees struggle to afford basic items.
Gaps & Challenges
