S O U T H S U D A NS O U T H S U D A N
CENTRALAFRICANREPUBLIC
UGANDAK E N Y A
DEMOCRATICREPUBLIC
OF THE CONGO
ETHIOPIA
S U D A N
Disputedarea
Administrativeboundary
AbyeiArea†
LeerMayendit
Koch
Panyijiar
2: Stressed 1: Minimal
3: Crisis4: Emergency5: Famine*
Elevated riskof famine*
No Data
IPC acute food insecurity phaseFeb. 2017 - Apr. 2017
Closed road
Other road
2016 attack onaid workers
Limited access road(light vehicles only)
Airport or air�eld usedby UN HumanitarianAir Service (UNHAS)Helipad used by UNHAS
Warrap
CentralEquatoria
Jonglei
WesternEquatoria
Lakes
Upper NileUnity
WesternBahr
el Ghazal
NorthernBahr
el Ghazal
EasternEquatoria
JubaJuba
On 20th February, the UN and South Sudanese Government declared a famine affecting 100,000 people in the counties of Leer and Mayendit in Unity State.* According to the UN, about 1 million additional people are on the brink of famine. An estimated 4.9 million people are severely food insecure in South Sudan (IPC phases 3, 4, and 5), and numbers are expected to reach 5.5 million in July at the height of the lean season.
Ongoing conflict and insecurity, attacks against aid workers, and poor road infrastructure impede humanitarian access and response. In 2016, 63 aid workers were killed or injured in 40 attacks in South Sudan. In late February, insecurity forced 28 aid workers in Mayendit County to leave, according to UN officials.
† Final sovereignty status of Abyei Area pending negotiations between South Sudan and Sudan.
† Final sovereignty status of Abyei Area pending negotiations between South Sudan and Sudan.
*For Leer, Koch, Mayendit and Panyijiar counties in Unity State, in the absence of full quantitative data sets (food consumption, livelihoods changes, nutrition and mortality), analyses were complemented with professional judgment of the Global IPC Emergency Review Committee and SS IPC TWG members.
*For Leer, Koch, Mayendit and Panyijiar counties in Unity State, in the absence of full quantitative data sets (food consumption, livelihoods changes, nutrition and mortality), analyses were complemented with professional judgment of the Global IPC Emergency Review Committee and SS IPC TWG members.
WesternEquatoria
705,000 57%57%29%29%
14%14%
NorthernBahr elGhazal
1,440,000
13%
27%
40%
20%
Jonglei1,825,000
11%
35%42%
12%
CentralEquatoria
1,400,000
34%
28%
35%
3%3%
Warrap1,325,000
29%
50%
16%5%
UpperNile
1,295,000
38%
36%
21%5%5%
Lakes1,225,000
26%
37%
29%
8%
Unity1,220,000
12%8%
32%
34%
14%
EasternEquatoria
1,010,000
23%23%
32%32%34%34%
11%
Western Bahrel Ghazal
530,000
16%16%
38%38%44%44%
2%
Estimated populations in IPC acute food
insecurity phases(by state)
0 50 mi
0 50 100 km
Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative March 6, 2017 - U1547 STATE (HIU)
Unclassified
South Sudan: Famine and Humanitarian Aid Access
Sources: Aid Worker Security Database, South Sudan IPC Technical Working Group (SS IPC TWG),UNICEF, World Food Programme, press reporting
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