25.03.2008 - Source: Integrated Regional Information Network

Abyei Region: Recent clashes between Sudan People's Liberation Movement army and fighters from mainly Arab Miserriya community have displaced hundreds of civilians and raised tension across region ("Rising tension in Abyei as clashes displace hundreds") [ID 23333]

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05.03.2008 - Source: Refugees International

Report on situation in South Sudan: Humanitarian situation, return of refugees and IDPs, key facts on enhancing women's status and on funding recovery needs, case studies on states of Northern Bahr El Ghazal and Eastern Equatoria (" South Sudan: Peace Dividends or Peace Penalties?") [ID 22528]

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29.08.2007 - Source: UN Security Council

Denial of humanitarian access in Southern Sudan (July 2006 - July 2007) ("Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in the Sudan [S/2007/520]") [ID 21614]

"There were several incidents hampering humanitarian action in Southern Sudan.

For instance, in an incident on 14 September 2006, 25 SPLA soldiers engaged in the ongoing disarmament campaign forced their way into the compound of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Rumbek. The guards were beaten and threatened.

On 12 February 2007, a World Food Programme (WFP) truck on its way back from distributing food to the hospital 2 kilometres north of Billing was stopped and staff were harassed by SPLA soldiers.

Generally, access is also denied to areas held by the Lord's Resistance Army."

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20.04.2006 - Source: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

Southern Sudan: Humanitarian situation not yet adequate for massive return to region ("10th European Country of Origin Infomation Seminar Budapest, 1 - 2 December 2005: Final Report on Sudan") [#49770],  [ID 19052]

"For IDPs from the South, it is extremely difficult to return. In the past there were a couple of old freight barges on the river going down to Malaka, which were not built to transport people. Quite a number of people did not survive the journey because there were no railings, no sanitation and no drinking water on the barges. But that is the only way people can travel, as there is no infrastructure. [...]
I’ve seen many situations where refugees expressed a very strong desire to return, but the conditions did not permit it. The conditions in the South are not adequate yet to receive any massive return, there is a lack of transportation and the development of the South faces incredible logistical problems."

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