A first batch of newly constructed emergency shelters (192) were handed over to South Sudanese refugees in the new site of Kaka (Haut – Uele Province).

A group of refugees fleeing Amadi state in South Sudan reached Meri site after a 10 day journey on foot and with no belongings.

A high-level inter-agency visit to Leer town and Thonyor revealed that food insecurity and malnutrition among IDPs remain issues of major concern.

A humanitarian convoy took to safety 30 refugees originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo from Ezo to a new settlement at Makpandu.

A joint WFP, UNHCR and ARRA assessment mission conducted orientation training in Gambella for participants of the Joint Assessment Mission (JAM).

A mass measles campaign (targeting 6 months to 15 years) will start soon in Yida camp and surrounding communities.

A new refugee settlement called Maaji was re-opened and the first 216 South Sudanese relocated there from Nyumanzi Reception Centre on 4 Feb.

A new settlement area is to be opened in Yumbe district, and could potentially host up to 100,000 South Sudanese refugees.

A new settlement, named Omugo, opens in northern Uganda, with the capacity to hold 40,000 refugees fleeing from South Sudan

A newly opened settlement in Imvepi, Arua district, began receiving new arrivals from South Sudan on 21 February.