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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