IOM OIM
IOM South Sudan
SITREP # 25 31 May 2014
Harish Murthi/IOM
SITUATION REPORT
A watering point at the Malakal PoC
OVERVIEW The security situation across South Sudan remains volatile and unpredictable. Tensions remain high in Unity State, with heavy military presence reported in Bentiu town and Rubkona. The situation in Upper Nile State remains tense, with unconfirmed reports of sporadic shooting south of the Sobat River. Efforts are underway to verify reports of people returning from the northern counties of Lul and Wau Shiluk to the protection of civilian (PoC) site in Malakal. Heavy rains in Jonglei, Unity and Upper Niles states have inundated shelters in some displacement sites. Since the declaration of a cholera outbreak in Juba on 15 May, over 890 cases have been reported with a case fatality rate of 3.5% – 27 cumulative deaths have been recorded as of 28 May. Increasing cases of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) have also been reported in Jonglei and Upper Nile, raising concerns of a potential outbreak of cholera in the PoC sites in Bor and Malakal.
HIGHLIGHTS
Relocation of 2,400 IDPs to the new PoC site in Malakal started on 31 May Over 380 metric tons of humanitarian cargo transported this week through IOM’s Common Transport Service 2,947 people at the Bor PoC received Oral Cholera Vaccination
Over one million people remain internally displaced across the country. The estimated number of people sheltering in UN bases has spiked to over 95,000 and over 360,000 people have fled to neighbouring countries (Uganda 108,050, Kenya 36,880, Ethiopia 131,051 and Sudan 84,734) (OCHA).