4.15 MB - Food Security Clusters

Although mobile telephone coverage isimproving, connectivity is already atmaximum capacity. Many areas areinsecure because they are inaccessible, andstate structures, including law enforcement,have little if any capacity to access orintervene when conflict occurs.Social EconomicSome of the worst social indicators globallyare found in South Sudan, particularlyamong women. At least 80 percent of thepopulation is income-poor, living on anequivalent of less than USD 1 per day and20 percent of households cannot supportthemselves. Less than 40 percent of thepopulation has access to any form of healthcare. While some progress has been madein the area of immunization, the proportionof fully immunized children is only 5.8percent. Half of all children do not attendschool. Eighty-five percent of the SouthSudanese population is illiterate 2 .skirmishes and restrictions on the freemovement of people and goods. In January2012, South Sudan shut down its oilproduction due to an ongoing dispute withSudan. Border disputes and otherunresolved post-secession issues remain.The food security of South Sudan remainscrippled by the previous decades of conflict,as well as ongoing violence and insecuritythat included cattle raiding feuds betweenrival ethnic groups and attacks by rebelforces opposed to the SPLM dominatedgovernment.Ongoing violence and tensionThe prolonged conflict between what isnow Sudan and South Sudan has left SouthSudanese society highly militarized,fragmented and characterized by aproliferation of arms and armed groups.Inter-community conflicts are common,resulting in large numbers of casualties andmass displacement. This disproportionatelyaffects women and impairs agriculturalactivities. On-going tensions between theRepublic of Sudan and the Republic ofSouth Sudan have resulted in border2 For more details see: National of Statistics (2012). NationalBaseline Households Survey 2009. Report for South Sudan.National Bureau of Statistics, Juba.2