Mine clearance and engineering works are ongoing on the route between two towns in northwestern Unity State that will potentially improve humanitarian access to the state capital Bentiu by opening up a supply corridor in the state.
In a bulletin released today, the UN aid coordination office in South Sudan reported, “Route verification and clearance continued on the Mayom Junction – Mayom – Abiemnom road to open it for transport of humanitarian aid.”
Extensive flooding has made the road impassible in some sections. However, engineering works are underway to facilitate operations so clearance can continue when conditions permit.
Meanwhile, at the Rubkona airfield near Bentiu the UN has surveyed the airfield to remove “explosive remnants of war” from areas that are needed to extend the runway. The UN says that the runway expansion will assist aid operations.
File photo: A truck stranded in mud on the Mayom-Abiemnhom route in northern Unity State, South Sudan (UN)