South Sudan Orders Second Aid Worker to Leave (14.12.2016)

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Kenya: On Civil Society and Civic Education, You Are Wrong Mr. President! (13.12.2016)

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Transitional Justice Working Group launches 5-year plan for truth, justice, reconiliation and healing in South Sudan (12.12.2016)

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South Sudan: Council adopt conclusions (12.12.2016)

Machar Kiir

The Council called on all parties to lay down their arms and to take decisive steps to end violence, as a last chance for political and military leaders to avoid the resumption of war. 

BRUSSELS, Belgium, December 12, 2016 – The Council adopted conclusions on South Sudan, in light of the profoundly disturbing developments in the country. The Council called on all parties to lay down their arms and to take decisive steps to end violence, as a last chance for political and military leaders to avoid the resumption of war, to spare their people further suffering and to find a just and inclusive political settlement of their differences.

The Council called upon the transitional government to uphold its responsibility for the protection of civilians and on all parties to put an end to violations of human rights and of international humanitarian law. End.

Here is the Conclusions: 

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UNMISS: “Protection of Civilians” (POC) Sites Update in South Sudan (12.12.2016)

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SPLM-FPD: A New Roadmap to Rescue and Restore Hope in South Sudan (07.12.2016)

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Response of the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) Republic of South Sudan to US Threat of Sanctions and Arms Embargo (06.12.2016)

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South Sudan Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Validates Inaugural Disaster Risk Management Policy (07.12.2016)

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‘Dangerous funding gap’ may lead to more cuts in food rations for refugees in Kenya – UN (08.12.2016)

Dadaab Refugee Camp

Beginning this month, the UN agency was forced to reduce food ration by half for the refugees’ monthly entitlement, which will only last until the end of February if no further funding received.

NAIROBI, Kenya, December 8, 2016 -Forced to make a new round of cuts in food rations for refugees in Kenya, the World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed urgently for nearly $14 million to feed the 434,000 refugees living in Kenya’s Dadaab and Kakuma camps and in the new Kalobeyei settlement.

“We are appealing to donors to quickly come to the aid of the refugees, who rely on WFP food assistance for survival,” Annalisa Conte, WFP’s Representative and Country Director for Kenya, said in a news release.

WFP currently provides food relief to refugees in Kenya’s Dadaab and Kakuma camps, as well as the newly established Kalobeyei settlement. This assistance comes as cash transfers and food distributions. For those most vulnerable, the agency also offers specialized fortified foods to prevent malnutrition.

“WFP immediately requires $13.7 million to cover the food and cash needs for the refugees between December and April,” stressed Ms. Conte.

Beginning this month, the UN agency was forced to reduce food ration by half for the refugees’ monthly entitlement, which will only last until the end of February if no further funding received.

While cash transfers have not yet been cut, they are due to be exhausted by the end of January. If the agency is forced to discontinue the cash transfers, however, it will specifically affect 7,500 refugees in the recently launched Kalobeyei settlement, as the only form of food assistance they receive is cash.

“A generous and critically important $22 million shipment of food from the United States is en route to Dadaab and Kakuma and should be available for distribution by May,” Ms. Conte said, while warning: “But we have a dangerous gap in funding until then.”

She further reiterated that without an urgent response from other donors, WFP will completely run out of food for more than 400,000 people in Dadaab and Kakuma at the end of February.

U.S. Statement on Increased Violence and Atrocities in Equatoria, South Sudan (05.12.2016)

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