Leer & Thonyor - May 2016

Women carry their malnourished children in to MSF's ambulatory therapeutic feeding program in Thonyor, South Sudan.

MSF166850

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF166850

Date taken / Date Recorded 03/05/2016 12:00 AM

Expiration date 01/05/2200

Country South Sudan

Commissioning section MSF-NETHERLANDS

Photographer / videographer / producer Jacob Kuehn

Copyright Jacob Kuehn/MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

Formal Consent Copy available no

Project section OCA

Editor's rating ★★★★★ (C)

Maximum Size 5184px × 3456px 2.53 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist Conflict and violence has taken a devastating toll in Leer and Thonyor, located in southern Unity State, South Sudan. In a major surge in fighting from April to November 2015, hundreds of thousands of civilians fled to swamps, wetlands and the UN protection site in Bentiu, civilians were targeted and killed, villages were razed, cattle were stolen and livelihoods destroyed. MSF facilities in Leer have been looted three times since conflict erupted in December 2013. In the wake of this violence, the population is tremendously vulnerable, suffering from disease, high levels of malnutrition and food insecurity.