Northern parts of the Western Flood Plains livelihood zone, including Aweil West, North, East and South, Gogrial, and Twic Counties and eastern parts of the Eastern Flood Plains livelihood zone (Nyirol, Waat Diror, Wuror and Akobo) remain highly food insecure due to conflict and flooding. These areas will likely remain food insecure until October.
Continued cattle raiding induced insecurity has persisted in Nyirol, Waat Diror, and Wuror and has also spread to neighboring areas of North Bor and Ayod. Though its direct impact on food access has not been assessed, food security in some pockets of North Bor and Ayod has likely deteriorated.
Improved rains in August are having a mixed impacts, causing floods in Aweil, East Twic, and Nasir areas, while mitigating persistent above-normal dryness in Upper Nile and Jonglei states and improving below normal pasture conditions in Kapoeta.
Other parts of South Sudan remain relatively stable, with isolated pockets of moderate food insecurity. Food security continues to improve in the Greenbelt and Hills and Mountains livelihood zones (Tambura, Ezo, Yambio, Maridi, Mundri, Yei, Juba, Magwi, Kajokeji) as the first season crop harvest peaks.
Christians and human rights activists hold a protest against Beijing's policy toward North Korean defectors in Seoul August 25, 2008. The protesters congratulated the success of the Beijing Olympics and demanded ...
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