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Situation Overview: Jonglei State, South Sudan January-March 2018 Situation Overview: Jonglei State, South Sudan January-March 2018 Introduction Map 1: REACH assessment coverage Map 3: REACH assessment coverage Bor Town, c) two FGDs for Ayod in Bor PoC. of Jonglei State, January 2018 of Jonglei State, March 2018 All this information is included in the data used Ongoing conflict in Jonglei continued for this Situation Overview. to negatively affect humanitarian needs among the population in the first quarter of This Situation Overview provides an update 2018. Clashes between armed groups and to key findings from the November 2017 1 pervasive insecurity, particularly in northern Situation Overview. The first section analyses Jonglei caused displacement among affected displacement and population movement in communities, negatively impacting the ability Jonglei during the first quarter of 2018, and the to meet their primary needs. second section evaluates access to food and basic services for both IDP and non-displaced REACH has been assessing the situation in Map 2: REACH assessment coverage communities. hard-to-reach areas in South Sudan since of Jonglei State, February 2018 December 2015, to inform the response Population Movement and of humanitarian actors working outside of Displacement formal settlement sites. This settlement data Levels of depopulation remained high but is collected across South Sudan on a monthly stable overall in most parts of Jonglei in the first basis. Between 2 January and 23 March, Assessed settlements quarter of 2018. The proportion of assessed REACH interviewed 1527 Key Informants Settement settlements in Jonglei reporting that half or (KIs) with knowledge of humanitarian needs Cover percentae o aeed ettement reative to the OCHA COD tota dataet more of the population had left remained in 710 settlements in 7 of the 11 counties in similar between December 2017 (45%) and Jonglei State. January 2018 (37%), with no considerable In the first quarter of 2018, displacement Bor South County in Yolakot, Awerial County, In order to ensure an understanding of change in February or March. current displacement trends and humanitarian data from KI interviews were triangulated Lakes State and d) one FGD with new arrivals However, an intensification of conflict conditions in settlements from which with seventeen Focus Group Discussions from Juba in Bor Town. (FGDs), which involved participatory mapping between armed groups drove an increase displacement took place, new arrivals in data Informing further analysis on food security exercises to understand the routes that in displacement within Greater Akobo in the collection sites, representing 43% of KIs, were trends across the state, REACH also internally displaced persons (IDPs) took. first quarter of 2018. Indicative of this, 60% specifically targeted. The remainder of the KIs conducted ten Food Security and Livelihood These included: a) seven FGDs with new of assessed settlements in Greater Akobo interviewed (57%) reported having been in (FSL) FGDs with new arrivals and people arrivals from Greater Akobo (Uror, Nyirol and reported that more than half the population the settlement or having had regular contact who had recent contact with those in relevant Akobo Counties) in Akobo Town, b) five FGDs had left in January, compared to an average with someone from the settlement within the settlements including: a) four FGDs for Greater with new arrivals and people who had recent of 37% across all assessed settlements last month. For more information, please Akobo in Akobo Town, b) two FGDs for Duk contact with those in Greater Akobo and Ayod in Jonglei. Moreover, in January 55% of see the methodology section in this Situation County and two FGDs for Twic East County in in Bor PoC, c) four FGD with new arrivals from assessed settlements with IDPs in Akobo Overview. : 1 REACH South Sudan, Situation Overview, November 2017 . METHODOLOGY Map 4: Displacement Overview Jonglei State humanitarian partners in Akobo Town on the To provide an overview of the situation in 7 February registering 9,045 newly arrived UNITY 2 largely inaccessible areas of Jonglei State, UPPER Displacement to Jonglei individuals . Reflective of this displacement, Phom NILE REACH uses primary data provided by key Displacement within Jonglei the proportion of assessed settlements Canal informants who have recently arrived, or Fangak County reporting presence of IDPs in Greater Akobo County Pagil Displacement out of South received regular information, from their pre- Nyirol increased from 60% in December to 72% in County Lankien Sudan displacement location or “Area of Knowledge”. Waat January, remaining stable in February before Ayod Wanding County decreasing to 59% in March. This is consistent Information for this report was collected Ayod Yuai ETHIOPIA from key informants in the Mingkaman with reports from new arrivals interviewed Duk Duk Padiet Akobo Akobo during FGDs in Akobo in January who reported Spontaneous Settlement, Bor and Juba PoC County Uror County County Pochalla fleeing conflict in areas around Pieri, Motot, Twic East sites, Bor Town, Akobo Town, as well as in County County Nyal, throughout the first quarter of 2018. Yuai, Waat and Walgak, reaching Akobo in mid LAKES Bor South January. While the outbreak of conflict among The first phase of the assessment methodology County armed groups was consistently cited as a Pibor comprised a participatory mapping exercise to Pibor primary factor behind their displacement, FGD Bor County JONGLEI map the relevant settlements in Jonglei State. participants also reported inadequate access In-depth interviews were then conducted with to food due to lack of rainfall for cultivation, in selected participants, using a standardised WESTERN addition to suspension of food distributions due EQUATORIA survey tool comprising questions on EASTERN to insecurity as reasons for their displacement. displacement trends, population needs and EQUATORIA Juba As those displaced from conflict affected access to basic services. areas in Uror moved to Akobo, traveling north of Waat before turning south-east to Walgak After data collection was completed, all groups, particularly in areas along the Yuai- within Jonglei in the first quarter of 2018. In and onward to Akobo, some populations in the data was examined at the settlement level, Waat corridor, and other locations in Greater addition to high levels of displacement in and settlements were assigned the modal areas through which they passed also decided Akobo in January, continuing into early Greater Akobo, in March 40% of assessed response. When no consensus could be to leave, fearing the spread of conflict to their February2. Indicative of moderately improved settlements with IDPs in Fangak reported found for a settlement, it was not included in settlements3. In addition to those displaced security conditions, despite sporadic clashes, IDPs arriving in the first two months of 2018, reporting. Descriptive statistics and geospatial from Greater Akobo who proceeded through displacement into Akobo town decreased in predominantly from locations within Fangak, analysis were then used to analyse the Akobo West to Akobo Town, a smaller number March, with only 13% of assessed settlements but also from locations in Panyikang and Guit data. It should be noted that due to access/ proceeded to Ulang County, Upper Nile State, in Akobo County in March reporting IDPs to Counties, indicative of persistent humanitarian operational constraints which may impact on and to Lankien in Nyirol County. For more have arrived that month, with 33% and 30% of needs in these areas. coverage in each month, some changes over information, please see the Greater Akobo assessed settlements reporting IDPs to have time reported in the situation overview might Displacement from Greater Akobo to Displacement Brief3. arrived in January and February respectively. be due to variations in coverage. Akobo Town Displacement from Greater Akobo to Bor Displacement within Jonglei Following clashes between armed groups in PoC Greater Akobo between 9 and 26 January, County reported that these IDPs arrived While overall levels of displacement remained a large influx of IDPs arrived in Akobo While displacement to Bor PoC site remained during January, predominantly from locations stable across assessed settlements in Jonglei, Town in January and early February, with low in comparison to areas in Northern in Nyirol, and Uror counties. This is reflective conflict and deteriorating humanitarian a joint verification exercise conducted by Jonglei, the number of new arrivals in Bor PoC of an outbreak of fighting between armed conditions continued to drive displacement 2 OCHA South Sudan, Humanitarian Bulletin Issue 02, 20 February 2018 2 3 REACH Greater Akobo Displacement Brief, February 2018 site doubled from 61 individuals in December, Displacement to and within Ayod County Figure 2: Most reported reasons for leaving Akobo Bor Town. FGD Participants cited insecurity to 122 in January, with over two-thirds (72%) for locations in Ethiopia in March 2018: FGD participants interviewed in Bor PoC 33+30+18+9+8+2 and the effect of hyperinflation on participants coming from conflict affected Uror or Nyirol4. site in March reported that some displaced Insecurity 33 % capacity to access food as key push factors This number increased to 133 in February, populations from Uror and Nyirol traveled to Lack of food 30 % for leaving Juba. Participants traveled by boat, with a similar proportion coming from Uror locations in Pagil payam, reflective of
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