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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, Logistics and Relief Commodities, 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)
Sudan Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #2 (162kb PDF) and map (723kb PDF)
East and Central Africa Region Fact Sheet #1 (293kb PDF) and map (203kb PDF) |
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Most Recent Disaster Declaration
Complex Emergency, 10-17-2011
Continued fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and armed opposition groups, population displacement, returnee outflows, restricted humanitarian access, and perennial shocks, such as flooding and drought, contributed to an ongoing complex emergency in Sudan in Fiscal Year (FY) 2011.
Between the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in January 2005, which officially ended more than two decades of north–south conflict, and October 30, 2010, more than 2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) and 331,000 refugees returned to their communities in Southern Sudan and the Three Areas of Abyei, Blue Nile, and Southern Kordofan, according to the International Organization for Migration and the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). In advance of, and following, the independence of South Sudan on July 9, 2011, southward returns surged, with more than 346,000 individuals returning to South Sudan between November 2010 and October 2011, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The supply of government- and relief agency-sponsored transport from Sudan failed to keep pace with demand. As a result, as of September 30, an estimated 13,000 to 14,000 people remained at departure points in and around Khartoum and required humanitarian assistance.
Fighting in the Three Areas during FY 2011 affected hundreds of thousands of individuals. Conflict in Abyei Area beginning in May 2011 between the SAF and the Sudan People's Liberation Army displaced approximately 98,000 people who will require humanitarian and recovery support upon their return. Fighting in Southern Kordofan State between the SAF and forces loyal to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) that began in June 2011 affected approximately 200,000 people, according to the U.N. In September 2011, conflict between the SAF and the SPLM-N expanded to Blue Nile State, displacing an additional 136,000 people, including approximately 21,000 refugees who fled to Ethiopia and South Sudan. Access restrictions hindered humanitarian needs assessments and response operations in Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan states.
In Darfur, an estimated 1.9 million people remained in IDP camps in FY 2011, according to the U.N. Fighting between the SAF and armed opposition groups, as well as incidents of criminality—such as carjackings, abductions, and banditry—limited the provision of humanitarian assistance to affected populations.
On October 17, 2011, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., Mary C. Yates renewed the Sudan complex emergency disaster declaration for FY 2012. The U.S. Mission in Sudan has declared disasters in response to the complex emergency on an annual basis since 1987. Since FY 2004, USAID/OFDA has provided more than $1.6 billion in humanitarian assistance to Sudan and South Sudan.
For information on additional USAID disaster responses in Sudan, please see OFDA Annual Reports.
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