Highlights
- About 4,500mt of food looted from WFP’s warehouse.
- Displaced populations seeking refuge at WFP compound able to safely return home.
- UNHAS facilitates safe evacuation of 107 humanitarian workers.
In Numbers
- 1.61 million internally displaced people (OCHA estimates)
- 727,607 South Sudanese refugees (UNHCR estimates)
- 160,822 people seeking shelter with the UN (UNMISS estimates)
- 4.8 million people in emergency or crisis level food insecurity (IPC, May - July 2016)
The combination of insecurity, interrupted trade flow and further depreciation of local currency is likely to affect already severely food insecure households, especially urban poor and those in remote areas of the country with limited food availability/accessibility. WFP is particularly concerned about the deteriorating food and nutrition security situation in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, and is taking all measures possible to scale up assistance there.
WFP, together with partners, is in the process of analyzing the impact of the recent fighting in Juba and tension in other parts of the country on the food and nutrition status, as well as on food assistance operations. Adjustments in prioritization will be made accordingly. At the same time, WFP is reevaluating the resourcing requirements to meet the changing situation.
The displaced population who sought shelter in WFP’s compound during last week’s heavy fighting has been supported to return to their communities. Those who felt it was unsafe to return have been relocated to the UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) site with support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).