On January 6, the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) expressed concern about the sharp increase in violence against civilians amid the conflict.
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| More than 30 million people, more than half of them children, are in need of humanitarian aid in Sudan. (Source: UNICEF) |
According to UNMISS, conflicts in the region killed 299 people between July and September 2024.
The Mission stressed that intercommunal violence continues to be the main cause of conflict, seriously affecting the people of South Sudan.
UNMISS’ human rights division recorded 206 incidents affecting 792 people, with 299 killed, 310 injured, 151 abducted and 32 victims of sexual violence in the context of conflict. Although incidents of violence decreased by 4% compared to 2023, the number of victims increased by 24%, with violence against women and abductions increasing alarmingly.
UNMISS Chief Nicholas Haysom condemned “the increasing trend of violence against women and abductions”, recalling the continued efforts of peacekeepers to protect civilians, amid years of conflict.
Mr. Haysom called on the South Sudanese government to investigate human rights violations and hold perpetrators accountable.
In a related development, the United Nations (UN) said that more than 30 million people, more than half of whom are children, are in need of aid in Sudan, and called for $4.2 billion in support from the international community.
Speaking before the UN Security Council on January 6, Ms. Edem Wosornu, an official of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), emphasized that the humanitarian crisis in Sudan is at a serious level, threatening the lives of millions of people, therefore, the humanitarian needs in this country require the mobilization of unprecedented international support.
Sharing the same view, Deputy Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Beth Bechdol urged member states to do more diplomatically and financially. She asked the international community to provide food, water, shelter, medicine and agricultural support to struggling communities in the region.
On January 6, humanitarian aid began to be distributed south of the capital Khartoum, assisting more than 80,000 people affected by the conflict.
South Khartoum Emergency Department spokesman Mohamed Kandasha said this was the first time aid had been distributed since fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in mid-April 2023. Accordingly, the aid operation will last for three days, with eight centers set up to distribute aid to thousands of residents in the Al-Azhari, Al-Ingaz, Ed Hussein and Mayo areas, south of the capital Khartoum.
The World Food Programme (WFP) has deployed a convoy of 28 trucks carrying food aid, including five trucks carrying essential medicines, to the above areas.
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