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A South Sudan community is denied aid as government and opposition blame each other
Aid groups said dozens have died and children are malnourished after authorities denied access to the isolated community.
- South Sudanese authorities and the military have repeatedly blocked Doctors Without Borders and the United Nations World Food Programme from delivering emergency aid to Nyatim, despite mounting reports of deaths among displaced residents.
- Amid the crisis, county commissioner James Bol Makuei and opposition officials blame each other for the blockage, with Makuei accusing the SPLM-IO of holding civilians to secure a political foothold.
- Displaced residents in the swamp-encircled community of Nyatim reported having little food or clean water, resorting to eating leaves and roots to survive; Doctors Without Borders first requested access on February 22.
- Weaponization of aid is a long-standing issue in South Sudan, where armed groups have historically looted more than two dozen humanitarian facilities and withheld relief from opponents, according to United Nations reports.
- Unable to reach the area by road or river, the World Food Program has airdropped 415 metric tons of food to Chuil since March, while over half of more than 1,000 children screened by Doctors Without Borders were acutely malnourished.
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South Sudan community is denied relief supplies amid weaponisation of aid
Displaced people who took refuge from conflict in an isolated South Sudan village were denied lifesaving aid by the government even as deaths there mounted, eyewitnesses and aid groups said.
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A South Sudan community is denied aid as government and opposition blame each other
Displaced people in a South Sudan village have been denied lifesaving aid by the government, according to eyewitnesses and aid groups.
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South Sudan community is denied relief supplies amid weaponisation of aid » Africa Global Village
Displaced people who took refuge from conflict in an isolated South Sudan village were denied lifesaving aid by the government even as deaths there mounted, eyewitnesses and aid groups said.Sourced from Africanews The post South Sudan community is denied relief supplies amid weaponisation of aid appeared first on Africa Global Village.
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