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Jonglei boat accident leaves 2 dead
Two people were killed and six others injured in an accident involving two commercial boats along the River Nile in Twic East County of Jonglei State on Wednesday, police and local officials said.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj, John Mawut Ngang, the state police spokesperson, said the fatal accident occurred when the two boats collided at the Marial area along the Nile River of Jonglei’s Twic East County on Wednesday night.
“The incident involved a boat carrying passengers and goods which left Bor for Twic East with an empty boat coming from Fangak County. Reaching Marial, the two collided, killing two people on the spot and injuring six others,” Mawut said.
Thousands of floods displaced residents of Twic East and Ayod counties seeking shelter in Duk County of Jonglei State are in dire need of food months after the floods destroyed their homes and livelihoods.
South Sudan: Flash Update on the humanitarian response scale-up (As of 31 December 2020)
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BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW
Based on findings of people’s food security and nutrition projections for 2021 reflected in the reports released in mid December, humanitarian organizations in South Sudan commenced a scale-up of lifesaving operations. The multi-sectoral response focuses on vulnerable people in areas of most severe acute food insecurity including Pibor, Akobo, Aweil South, Tonj East, Tonj North and Tonj South. It seeks to provide food and livelihoods assistance, health and nutrition support, protection services, logistics and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) support to the most vulnerable people including over 300,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition and some 480,000 pregnant or breastfeeding women who are acutely malnourished and in need of treatment. The focus of the humanitarian response is to provide complementary, integrated support for people in the a
Jonglei boat fire kills 1, leaves 10 burnt
File photo: Boat carrying fuel to Jonglei and Upper Nile states catches fire - Feb 7, 2014
One person was burnt to death while ten other passengers in a boat sustained burns when a commercial boat caught fire in Twic East County of Jonglei state on Tuesday evening, police said.
“The boat coming from the Duk area was carrying dry fish destined for the capital Juba. While at the Jorwac docking site of Twic East, a woman mismanaged fire while cooking inside the boat and the fire ignited a container with fuel. A man died on the spot, while 10 other people, including 5 children were injured,” Lt. Colonel John Mawut Ngang told Radio Tamazuj.