SUDAN: Durable solutions elusive as southern IDPs return and ...

As evidence of this, about 13% of resident households reported hosting IDPs, 15% returnees and
8% both. The high number of IDPs is attributable to interethnic conflict and cattle raiding – both of
which have plagued the state in recent months"(p.10).
“Internally displaced persons, returnees and resident households that are already severely food
insecure are likely to experience severe food shortages due to poor access as low supply and
high demand have resulted in abnormally high market prices for food commodities.»(p.22)
Recommendations:
The household food security of the IDPs, returnees and vulnerable residents during critical
periods prior to August needs to be addressed through general food distribution and provision of
fishing gears.
Western Bahr El Ghazal (ANLA 2009/2010 Western Bahr El Ghazal State Report, WFP, February
2010)
"Among households interviewed some 22% indicated that they were returnees - meaning that
they had returned to the state within the last 12 months. An additional 2% of households were
IDPs and the remaining 76% residents. [...] some 34% of resident households indicated that they
were hosting returnees. In addition, some 7% of resident households indicated hosting IDPs
suggesting that they constitute a small, but still significant sub-group within the population – be
they on their own or within host households. Moreover, the number of IDPs in the state are
purported to have increased in 2009 as a result of inter-ethnic conflict and cattle rustling in
neighbouring states." (p.6)
Worsening food insecurity status is prompted by displacements, initial household food insecurity
and returnees. The vulnerable populations affected include displaced households affected by
insecurity; returnee households; and the elderly and children (Executive Brief, WFP, December
2009). Although only nine per cent host households identified returnees and IDPs as a major
shock, this is notable as it constitutes a nearly 25 per cent of the approximately 38 per cent of
households hosting IDPs, returnees or both (EEQ State Report, WFP, February 2010, p.16).
Jonglei (ANLA 2009/2010 Jonglei State Report, WFP, February 2010)
"Some 93% of households surveyed were residents with the reminder being returnees (4%) and
IDPs (3%). [...] nearly one out of five households indicated that they were hosting returnees
(12%), IDPs (6%) or both (1%). The sizable returnee population suggested by both sets of figures
includes those that have returned in the last 12 months, primarily through spontaneously
(unorganized) returns from Northern Sudan, other parts of Sudan and other countries in East
Africa. The majority of the smaller - but still substantial - IDP population was displaced as a result
of a continuous cycle of inter-tribal conflict and cattle raiding as occurred in Akobo, Pibor, Nyirol
Wuror Duk, Twic East in 2009. In addition, it is estimated that the livelihoods of some 115,000
people were disrupted as a result of displacement, creating a burden for the communities that
accommodated IDPs by further stretching their already over-stretched resources." (p.8)
IDPs, returnees and refugees will remain highly vulnerable in 2010.
Recommendations:
The household food security of the IDPs, returnees and vulnerable residents during critical
periods prior to August needs to be addressed through general food distribution. (p.24)
Upper Nile (ANLA 2009/2010 Upper Nile State Report, WFP, February 2010)
Approximately 90 per cent of the households are residents with the remaining 10 per cent split
evenly between returnee and IDP households. The percentage of IDP households is higher in the
Eastern Flood Plains than in the Nile Sobat – a finding that is consistent with perceptions that
conflict and cattle raiding is more pervasive there. (p.8)
Warrap ((ANLA 2009/2010 Warrap State Report, WFP, February 2010)
"The majority of households in the state are residents. [...] The large proportion of households
that are returnee (7%) or are hosting returnees (18%) in the state is a continuation of previous
trends and population growth since the signing of the CPA in 2005. The large proportion of
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