Introduction Situation Overview: Upper Nile State, South Sudan
Situation Overview: Upper Nile State, South Sudan July-August 2017 Introduction SUDAN SUDAN at the time, mainly in the south-eastern portion of the state (Maiwut, Longochuk, Nasir, Ulang), Between July and August 2017, the revival of MANYO MANYO which facilitates the provision of information conflict and increased insecurity has disrupted RENK RENK from these areas which are known to have livelihoods, access to services and humanitarian access difficulties and information gaps at assistance in Upper Nile state. Moreover, the moment. However, the central part of the insecurity has caused further displacement MELUT MELUT state (Maban, Melut, Baliet, Renk) was not into Ethiopia and Sudan with continued internal assessed and the western bank had only FASHODA MABAN FASHODA MABAN displacement inside Upper Nile State. one county where over 5% of all settlements MALAKAL MALAKAL To inform the response of humanitarian actors PANYIKANG BALIET PANYIKANG BALIET were assessed (Fashoda). In August, REACH working outside of formal displacement sites, LONGOCHUK LONGOCHUK interviewed KIs from all 12 counties. However, LUAKPINY/ LUAKPINY/ only three counties exceeded a 5% settlement REACH has been conducting an ongoing NASIR NASIR assessment of hard-to-reach areas in South ULANG MAIWUT ULANG MAIWUT coverage in the western bank of the Nile Sudan since 2015, for which data on settlements (Manyo, Fashoda and Panyikang) and one across Greater Upper Nile, Greater Equatoria county in the south-eastern part of the state and Western Bahr el Ghazal region is collected Assessed settlements (Maiwut). Given this geographical shift in areas on a monthly basis. ettlement covered between July and August this report Cover ercentage of assessed settlements relative to the CHA (CD) total dataset: does not purport to study trends between July Between July and August 2017, REACH Map 1:0 REACH assessment coverage of Upper Nile State, July 2017 (left), August (right).
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