UN spokesperson said, over 200,000 people displaced in South Sudan

Juba: The ongoing conflict in South Sudan has already uprooted more than 200,000 people from their homes, a U.N. spokesperson confirmed here on Wednesday. Some 85,000 people are estimated to be displaced in Mingkaman and surrounding areas in Awerial County, Lakes State, Haq also said

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that an estimated 201,000 people have been internally displaced by the current crisis in South Sudan since Dec 15,” reported Xinhua citing Farhan Haq, U.N. acting deputy spokesperson.

According to OCHA, food, healthcare, shelter, water, sanitation and hygiene remain the top priorities for humanitarian response, while humanitarian access continues to be constrained by active hostilities, attacks on aid workers and assets, interference with humanitarian activities and other obstacles.

The Security Council adopted a resolution last week to send a reinforcement of 5,500 troops and 440 policemen to increase the overall force levels of the U.N. Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in an effort to protect civilians.

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