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South Sudan - Berogoand Koyoki Wuji Payam, Lainya County, Central Equatoria State: Assessment of Conflict-Affected Communities - 3 February 2022

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Introduction

A team of humanitarian agencies paid a daylong visit to Koyoki Boma on 03 February to assess the humanitarian situation following reports of population movements in the region. The team conducted the assessment in Koyoki and Berigo sub-bomas where most of the population from four sub-bomas was mobilized by local leaders.

Koyoki Boma is located in Wuji Payam some 85 kilometers north-east of Yei Town along the PanyumeKajo-Keji road. Prior to conflict, agriculture and small-scale cattle raising were the main forms of livelihood activities amongst the residents. However, these livelihood zones dwindled when the population fled their villages and took refuges in neighboring Uganda due to the brutal armed conflictin Lainya County between the SPLA-IO and government forces in 2018.

Context

Relative peace in the boma has created notable calm, heralded the need for refugees to return home, and made the place a haven for IDPs fleeing recent fighting between warring factions as well as invading cattle keepers. Despite the relative calm, motorists and commuters have largely avoided using roads, as evidenced by the absence of any form of vehicular movements during the mission. While there appeared to be a relative end to hostilities, the presence of gun-toting SPLA-IO fighters have made the region tense and caused uneasiness amongst civilians. The presence of cattle keepers around the boma has also eroded confidence and made it difficult for people to opt for permanent settlement. The pervasive lack of basic social services such as schools, health care and other necessities has meant that children are idle and have no access to education, people resort to traditional herbalists as an alternative means of health care, and several succumb to common diseases such as malaria, diarrhea and other curable afflictions.

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