WFP SOUTH SUDAN SITUATION REPORT #100, 24 OCTOBER 2015

Highlights

• Latest IPC results officially released. On 22 October, the Government of South Sudan released the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, covering the period of September 2015, with projections for the next six months. In September, 3.9 million people were classified as severely food insecure. This is a significant deterioration from the same period last year, in which 2.2 million people were severely food insecure. This year’s harvest has been affected by reduced agricultural activities due to conflict and prolonged dry spells at the start of the rains. Seasonal respite due to harvest yields is expected to be short-lived. Malnutrition remains above emergency thresholds in the conflict affected areas as well as the chronically high burdened states of Northern Bahr el Ghazal and Warrap. There are about 647,000 acutely malnourished children across the country. Of the 3.9 million, 3.1 million people are classified at Crisis level and 800,000 people at Emergency level. For the first time, this IPC includes approximately 30,000 people in IPC Catastrophe level (included in the 800,000), namely populations in Mayendit, Leer, Koch and Guit counties in Unity state.
• UN Calls For Immediate Access To Conflict-Affected Areas To Prevent Catastrophe In South Sudan. WFP, UNICEF and FAO warn that extreme hunger is pushing people to the brink of a catastrophe in parts of South Sudan. Read more here.