Insecurity restricting relief in Jonglei’s Pibor – UN

By John Actually April 17, 2013 (BOR) – At least nine trucks loaded with food and non-food humanitarian aid are stranded in Bor the capital of Jonglei state unable to reach areas of Pibor county affected by recent insecurity.

Five United Nations peacekeepers, four civilian UN staff and three contractors were killed when a convoy travelling from Bor to Pibor was ambushed by 200 unidentified armed men on 9 April. Since the attack humanitarian agencies have not been able to use the Bor-Pibor road to deliver aid to those displaced by fighting between the South Sudanese government and a rebellion led by David Yauyau. According to the weekly report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) operations have been hampered by insecurity and a lack of information of the urgent needs of affected civilians. OCHA South Sudan Weekly Humanitarian Bulletin 8-14 April 2013Five more trucks carrying construction materials for the repair of Pibor airstrip, the landing ground for relief operations during the rainy season, were cut off after insecurity curbed movement between Bor and Pibor. Hundreds if not thousands of people were displaced from their villages the South Sudan army offensive campaign against the existing rebels led by renegade David Yauyau a few weeks ago. OCHA also said insecurity also posed a challenge of pre-positioning of emergency supplies in Pibor county. The government and the UN Mission in South Sudan has agreed to beef up security, to provide stability for the civilian population in Jonglei state (ST)

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