Danmark har ikke mindst på udviklingsministerens foranledning pumpet en kvart milliard kr. i Afrikas nyeste nation – det meste til nødhjælp – men det olierige (og indtil videre alligevel ludfattige) land er dybt begravet i etniske opgør og masseflugt.
NAIROBI, 9 July 2013 (IRIN) – South Sudan marks two years of independence Tuesday, but the millions who continue to face displacement (fordrivelse), hunger, disease and extreme poverty will be hard pressed to find any reason to celebrate.
Aid agencies say they require 485 million US dollar (2,66 milliarder DKR) from June until the end of 2013 to help some three million people “to survive and to rebuild their lives”.
IRIN has put together a list of some of the country’s most serious humanitarian issues:
Conflict:
Over the past two years, inter-communal (lokal etnisk) violence has destabilized Jonglei State, causing displacement. Battles between rebels led by David Yau Yau and the national Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) have also increased insecurity in the same state.
In May, more than 100.000 people fled Jonglei’s Pibor County following clashes between the rebels and the SPLA.
Tension remains high in the disputed Abyei region, with tens of thousands still displaced by fighting in May 2011.
Access to conflict-affected populations remains a major challenge.
Most recently, international medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported on 8 July that some 20.000 people have been cut off from aid in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State after they fled violence in the disputed border area between Sudan and South Sudan.
Aid agencies also report being prevented by the government from accessing (nå frem til) populations in need in Jonglei.
The integration into the SPLA of parts of some rebel movements – including Yau Yau’s and Peter Gadet’s South Sudan Liberation Army (SSLA) – saw a decline in militia activity in 2011 and 2012.
Analysts say an amnesty issued to six militia leaders by President Salva Kiir in April could see further declines in militia-related violence, but for the moment, Yau Yau’s militia remains active, although elders in the region say peace talks are imminent.
Overall, internal conflict has displaced some 354.670 people, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
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