South Sudan - Crisis Fact Sheet #10, Fiscal Year (FY) 2016

HIGHLIGHTS

• Early July violence in Juba displaced thousands of people and resulted in hundreds of deaths

• USAID/FFP partner WFP increases food assistance to communities in Northern Bahr el Ghazal

• More than 900 suspected cholera cases recorded in South Sudan

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

• UN Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) Stephen O’Brien visited South Sudan from August 1–3 to advocate for improved humanitarian access to populations in need and a peaceful solution to the ongoing political crisis.

• Approximately 40 percent of the population of South Sudan were projected to experience severe food insecure from May–July and are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, according to the IPC Technical Working Group.