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Disaster Assistance at a Glance
Recent Disaster Declarations:
Complex emergency
OFDA Response:
Agriculture and Food Security, Economic Recovery and Market Systems, Health, Humanitarian Coordination and Information Management, Logistics and Relief Commodities, Nutrition, Protection, Shelter and Settlements, and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
OFDA Preparedness:
Disaster preparedness, capacity building
Latest OFDA Report:
Humanitarian Assistance in Review, FY 2002-2011 (275kbPDF)
South Sudan Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #3 (263kb
PDF) and map (190kb PDF)
Prudent Planning Saves Lives (227kb PDF)
For information on USAID/OFDA disaster assistance activities prior to July 9, 2011, please visit the Sudan webpage.
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Most Recent Disaster Declarations
Complex Emergency, 10-06-2011
Three months after its July 2011 independence, the Republic of South Sudan (RoSS) continued to experience a complex emergency caused by insecurity, displacement, returnee inflows, and perennial environmental shocks, including flooding and drought. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, more than 346,000 individuals returned from Sudan to South Sudan, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), creating significant reintegration needs among returnees and increasing pressure on limited basic services.
In addition, continued conflict—including inter‐ and intra‐communal violence, clashes between security forces and armed opposition groups, and confrontations between the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Abyei Area—had displaced more than 311,000 people within the 10 states of South Sudan since January, according to OCHA. Of the total, more than 98,000 individuals displaced from Abyei Area who remained in Warrap and Western Bahr el Ghazal states were unlikely to return in the near term, necessitating continued humanitarian assistance in FY 2012. In addition, conflict in Sudan between the SAF and forces loyal to the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North in Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan states displaced more than 11,000 individuals to remote locations in South Sudan in FY 2011—a figure likely to increase in FY 2012.
In Unity State, which received the largest number of returnees to South Sudan, landmines and armed opposition group activity impeded humanitarian access. An eruption of inter-communal conflict in areas of Jonglei State in late August similarly led to diminished security and access constraints, while continued insecurity resulting from Lord’s Resistance Army activity along the South Sudan–Democratic People’s Republic of the Congo border prolonged displacement and discouraged economic activity and food production in vulnerable communities in Western Equatoria State.
Elevated food prices due to trade restrictions between Sudan and South Sudan contributed to crisis levels of food insecurity in parts of Jonglei, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Unity, and Warrap states, according to the USAID-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET). Despite expected food security improvements associated with October 2011 harvests, FEWS NET forecast that continued trade restrictions, returnee inflows, and population displacement would constrain food security during FY 2012.
On October 6, 2011, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., Christopher J. Datta renewed the complex emergency disaster declaration for FY 2012 due to the ongoing humanitarian emergency in South Sudan. In FY 2011, USAID/OFDA provided more than $94.3 million in humanitarian assistance to support populations residing in the 10 states comprising the RoSS.
Additional Disaster Declarations
Complex Emergency, 07-14-2011
Following independence on July 9, the new Republic of South Sudan continued to experience a complex emergency caused by insecurity, displacement, returnee inflows, and perennial environmental shocks. The U.N. reported that more than 315,000 people of southern origin returned to South Sudan from northern Sudan between November 2010 and mid-July 2011, with rates of return expected to increase, further straining local resources. In addition, armed conflict—including inter-communal violence, opposition group activity, and the Sudanese Armed Forces May 2011 military operation in bordering Abyei Area—displaced more than 272,000 individuals in the 10 states comprising South Sudan between January and late June 2011, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The USAID-sponsored Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) expects continued conflict to impede crop cultivation and result in reduced or failed harvests through the end of 2011, further deteriorating food security in the new nation. Perennial shocks, such as flooding or drought, may further compound humanitarian needs in South Sudan. .
On July 14, 2011, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires R. Barrie Walkley declared a disaster due to the ongoing complex emergency. As of July 14, USAID/OFDA had provided approximately $90 million in humanitarian assistance to respond to emergency and reintegration needs in South Sudan during Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) provided more than 103,500 metric tons of emergency food assistance—valued at more than $87 million—through the U.N. World Food Program in calendar year 2011. In addition, as of July 14, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (State/PRM) obligated more than $34 million in FY 2011 for humanitarian protection and assistance activities across Sudan and South Sudan.
For information on additional USAID disaster responses in South Sudan, please see OFDA Annual Reports for Sudan and South Sudan.
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