40 Children Missing In Wau, South Sudan After Last Week Clashes

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The United Nations office for coordination of humanitarian affairs (OCHA) says aid workers in Wau State in South Sudan have confirmed and registered 40 missing children separated with their parents during last week clashes in Wau town.
WAU 01, July [Gurtong] –In the report released today Friday the aid workers registered nine unaccompanied children and 120 other infants split from their families while another 40 missing children have been reported so far.

“Many children were separated from their families during the fighting,” OCHA said in their bulletin.

The report also mentioned that Greater Bagari including Bessillia and Kpale in former Wau County has been cut off from the aid support while thousands of people are stranded there without aid assistance but the agencies said that they are willing to reach such areas as soon as possible.

Wau State authorities recently announced free access of humanitarian aid in the State.The new State Governor, Andrea Mayar Acho said that the State security are already being informed to allow the UN aid workers to move freely.

On Thursday, the coordinator for the humanitarian agencies operating in the country, Eugene Owusu visited Wau town to assess the level of UN aid agencies response to the situation.

On Tuesday, regional and international partners urged the State government to grant UNMISS and international humanitarian agencies unconstrained access and movement around Wau town and the countryside.

They urged the government to allow aid agencies to provide assistant to those displaced within and outside Wau.

Governor Mayar said orders have been issued to all the organized forces during a security meeting held in Wau.

“All the checkpoints have been detached with clear directives from the security committee to the army not to prevent any citizens from moving and that those who are returning home are free to come back to the town” he said.

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