Sudan - Complex Emergency
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Regional Team: ECA
East Africa
Disaster Declared: 10/21/2004
Brief Description: For more than 20 years, Sudan
has been adversely impacted by armed conflict, famine, and
disease, largely associated with the civil war between the
Government of Sudan (GOS) and the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation
Movement/Army (SPLM/A). Since war began in 1983, more than
two million people have died, approximately 627,660 Sudanese
have sought refuge in neighboring countries, and nearly four
million people have been internally displaced, creating the
largest internally displaced person (IDP) population in the
world. Conflict has mainly affected southern Sudan and the
transition zone, where North meets South. Southern Sudan
has also experienced three periods of famine over the last
13 years. In 1989, the United Nations (U.N.) established
Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS), a tripartite access agreement
among the GOS, the SPLM/A, and the U.N. Under this framework,
U.N. agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) provide
humanitarian and rehabilitation assistance to vulnerable
southern Sudanese. Since 1983, the United States Government
(USG) has provided more than $1.9 billion in humanitarian
assistance to Sudan.
FY2005
FY2004
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