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Insecurity denies food convoy access to Unity State

    NAIROBI

    A barge convoy of food aid has been forced to return to Kosti from Malakal after insecurity in Unity State prevented it from proceeding upstream, the latest WFP emergency report has stated. No barges have reached Juba since May but limited quantities of food have been airlifted to cover the needs of the most vulnerable groups, the agency stated. The Juba convoy was to deliver food to over 300,000 people living in the Nile river basin. Meanwhile, annual humanitarian needs assessments for north and south Sudan have been completed and reports are being finalised by the joint government, UN and NGO assessment team, WFP added.

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