HIGHLIGHTS
USAID DART assesses community needs in Maban County
USAID/FFP partner WFP reaches 403,000 people with emergency food assistance between January and March
Relief agencies continue to address needs in the Malakal PoC site following mid-February clashes and fire
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
Ongoing insecurity, humanitarian access constraints, political instability, and poor economic conditions are exacerbating food insecurity and other humanitarian needs in South Sudan.
Despite challenges, USAID/FFP partner the UN World Food Program (WFP) continues efforts to provide emergency food assistance to conflict-affected people. From January 1 to March 22, WFP dispatched nearly 78,800 metric tons (MT) of food commodities for distribution to conflict-affected populations and pre-positioning ahead of the upcoming April-to-August rainy season.Relief organizations continue to negotiate humanitarian access across South Sudan despite bureaucratic impediments, ongoing insecurity, and other access challenges. For example, humanitarian actors successfully negotiated access to Upper Nile State’s Wau Shilluk area in mid-March and Western Equatoria State’s Mundri West County in late February