HIGHLIGHTS
• In Blue Nile, some 23,000 people in five locations in Ed Damazine, El Roseires, and Bau localities need aid, according to WFP.
• In Sudan, improved rains in August have increased agricultural areas planted to 65 per cent.
• In North Darfur, 323 suspected cases of whooping cough reported in El Sireaf locality.
• In North Darfur, a recent MUAC screening in IDP camps in Kutum locality records a GAM of 22.7%.
• In South Darfur, lack of water services in Mosey IDP camp are affecting the estimated 3,300 IDPs in the camp
FIGURES
Displaced people in Sudan (as of Dec 2014) 3.1 million
Displaced people in Darfur (as of Dec 2014) 2.5 million (in 2015) 223,000
GAM burden 2 million
South Sudanese refugee arrivals in Sudan - since 15 Dec 2013 (UNHCR) 193,049
Refugees of other nationalities (UNHCR) 175,250
FUNDING
1.04 billion requested in 2015 (US$)
49% reported funding