By Charles K Mark<\/p>\n
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Central Equatoria State governor has assured unhindered humanitarian access to all actors and development partners in the state.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Emmanuel Adil Anthony made the assurance on Tuesday while receiving a delegation of Malteser International, which is in the country, to meet government institutions and authorities.<\/p>\n \u201cMy administration is keenly working with security apparatus to offer a necessary conducive atmosphere to make the returnee programme a reality ahead of the slated 2024 general elections,\u201d Adil told his guests.<\/p>\n The team, headed by Mr. Fra\u2019 Alessandro De Francisic was seeking cooperation of the governor in consolidating the government’s efforts in health care and food security.<\/p>\n Mr. Adil also appealed to the organization to expand its scope of operations in the state for an equitable provision of essential services to the hardly reached areas.<\/p>\n On his part, the visiting Head of the Delegation for Malteser International, Mr. Alessandro affirmed the organization\u2019s commitment to partnership.<\/p>\n He hopes to consolidate the government\u2019s efforts in strengthening key areas of focus, with an emphasis on healthcare, sanitation, and food security.<\/p>\n Malteser will also support the livelihoods of both the returned and returning masses, he said.<\/p>\n In early October this year, the World Food Programme (WFP) issued an appeal for an urgent $120 million to increase support for people fleeing the Sudan war into South Sudan.<\/p>\n The UN relief agency stated that it had a funding gap of $536 million for South Sudan.<\/p>\n The UN Food Programme warned of a looming hunger emergency on the border between South Sudan and Sudan as families fleeing fighting in Sudan continue to cross the border every day.<\/p>\n The UN\u2019s Children’s Agency (UNICEF) recently suspended delivery of essential aid supplies to Yei River Country after two contracted drivers were murdered along the way.<\/p>\n Two trucks that were attacked while returning to Juba after delivering crucial aid supplies were burned to ashes.<\/p>\n The UN agency had urged the government to step up security and bring the killers to justice, but until now, the perpetrators remain at large.<\/p>\n But the government said it remains committed to boosting security and ensuring the provision of unhindered access to humanitarian actors ahead of the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Charles K Mark Central Equatoria State governor has assured unhindered humanitarian access to all actors and development partners in the state. Emmanuel Adil Anthony made the assurance on Tuesday while receiving a delegation of Malteser International, which is in the country, to meet government institutions and authorities. \u201cMy[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-equatoria-state","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Left-Governor-Emmanuel-Adil-Anthony-and-Right-Head-of-the-Delegation-for-Malteser-International-Mr.-Fra-Alessandro-De-Francisic-Photo-by-governors-office.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20277,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20275\/revisions\/20277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}