SOUTH Humanitarian Snapshot September 2020

Some 800,000 people were affected by floods by the end of September, with half of the country flooded.1 Food prices increased 33 per cent, compared to August. Desert locusts were observed in Kapoeta Approximately 368,000 people were displaced. Flood-affected people were unable to tend to their lands East in Eastern , posing an extra threat to people’s food security and livelihoods. Armed and livestock in many areas. In Jonglei, floods affected 72 per cent of livestock in four assessed counties. clashes displaced people and resulted in casualities in Kajo-keji, Morobo and Yei counties, Central Some 27,000 hectares or half of the cultivated land was damaged in Jonglei. Humanitarian organizations Equatoria; and Mundri East County, . The fighting in Kajo-keji forced civilians to faced significant challenges in accessing flooded areas where needs were already high following years of cross into Uganda. Following discussions among the UN Mission in , humanitarians, the food insecurity, malnutrition, violence and displacement. More than 22,000 people displaced by floods in Government and affected communities, the Bor Protection of Civilians site was transitioned to an Bor South, Duk and Twic East counties in Jonglei arrived in Mangalla, County in . IDP camp. By the end of September, 2,704 people were confirmed with COVID-19 in South Sudan.2

KEY FIGURES 7.5M 1.60M 181K 2.27M 301K 6.48M 352K 1.3M PEOPLE IN NEED INTERNALLY IDPS IN PROTECTION SOUTH SUDANESE REFUGEES IN SOUTH ACUTELY FOOD INSECURE MALNOURISHED WOMEN MALNOURISHED DISPLACED PEOPLE OF CIVILIANS SITES3 REFUGEES SUDAN (MAY-JULY, IPC) (JAN-DEC) CHILDREN (JAN-DEC)

DISPLACEMENT AND HOTSPOTS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DISPLACEMENT ACUTE FOOD INSECURITY (AUG-SEP, FEWS NET)

Catastrophe/Famine Estimated number of IDPs by state Internal displacement IDPs South Sudanese refugees Emergency Crisis South Sudanese refugees Conflict 5M Stressed Refugee location Desert locust infestation 3.87M people displaced Minimal 815K PoC site Livestock affected by floods 4M Upper Nile PoC transitioned site 2.27M Northern 3M Bahr el Ghazal Unity SUDAN Warrap Upper Nile ABYEI Western Jonglei REGION Unity 2M Bahr el Ghazal 234K Lakes Northern Bahr el Ghazal ETHIOPIA 1.601.67M 1M 76K 226K Warrap Western Central Equatoria Equatoria

359K 0 Western Bahr 247K el Ghazal Jonglei Jul Jan Jul Jan Jul Jan Jul Jan Jul 2016 2017 2017 2018 2018 2019 2019 2020 2020 71K 207K IDPs IN PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS SITES STAPLE FOOD PRICE TREND CENTRAL 187K AFRICAN 800 REPUBLIC Lakes 2,222 700 Western Equatoria 600 Central Eastern 150 7% 0-4 yr 8% Equatoria Equatoria 500 71K 22% 5-17 yr 23% 400 60K 100 300 221K KENYA South Sudanese Pounds 22% 18-59 yr 15% 200 3.5 kg of white sorghum Number of people affected by floods 50 South Sudanese pounds (Juba, Central Equatoria) 89K DEMOCRATIC 122K 100 2% 60+ yr 1% REPUBLIC OF 0 <5K >5K >10K >25K >50K UGANDA 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec THE CONGO 883K 2020 2019 Average 2017-2019 The administrative boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not been determined. Final Status of Abyei area is not yet determined. 1. Flooding snapshot #3: https://bit.ly/3iFB4KG | 2. COVID-19 information on humanitarianresponse.info: https://bit.ly/35pq5C3 | 3. The number of IDPs in Protection of Civilians sites is as of June 2020. Date: 12 October 2020 | Sources: OCHA, FAO, IOM-DTM, UNHCR, WFP-VAM, IPC TWG, FEWS NET, Ministry of Health | [email protected] | unocha.org/south-sudan | reliefweb.int/country/ssd | southsudan.humanitarianresponse.info | reports.unocha.org/south-sudan | @OCHASouthSudan