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THE aid community in South Sudan seeks safe passage of aid for thousands of displaced people in Upper Nile and Jonglei states, UN humanitarians said.
“We call for respect for international humanitarian law to allow aid workers to reach people in need,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.
It said that the conflict continues to displace civilians in the northeast, with some reports indicating more than 3,600 homeless in villages and islands south of New Fangak in Jonglei.
Earlier, OCHA said that several attempts to transport food from Malakal to people in need in Panyikang, Fangak and other areas failed because of worsening security and access denials.
The humanitarians anticipate finding more than half of the people in Fangak and Canal/Pigi counties in emergency or famine-like conditions.
The UN office said that a World Food Programme convoy carrying more than 1,100 metric tonnes of food to counties with high food insecurity rates turned back on Sept.10 due to fighting. (Xinhua/NAN)
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