1. HIGHLIGHTS   
2. SECURITY/ACCESS   
3. LOGISTICS GENERAL
4. NON-FOOD ITEMS   
5. SURFACE TRANSPORT   
6. AIR OPERATIONS
7. RIVER TRANSPORT
8. FUEL   


1. HIGHLIGHTS

Sudan-Wide
Fuel Survey: UNJLC released the 2006 Sudan Fuel Survey at the end of April.  The survey can be found at ->sudan fuel survey.  The survey notes that United Nations operations in Sudan over the next three to five years will require fuel supplies in excess of those available through Sudan's domestic refining industry. For the foreseeable future, supplies will continue to be supplemented by imports through Port Sudan and, for Southern Sudan, through the increasingly fragile supply chain from Mombasa.

WFP Funding Shortages: Severe funding shortages to WFP's road rehabilitation/demining project and Humanitarian Air Service will have serious implications for road and air transport throughout Sudan if further funding is not provided. 

South Sudan
Fuel Shortages: A fuel shortage in Sudan and neighboring countries has illustrated starkly the fragility of the Southern transport corridor, the inadequacy of fuel storage, and the fact that the limited barge offloading capacity in Southern Sudanese Nile River ports precludes reliable supply of fuels from the north by barge. At the end of April, fuel shortages emerged throughout the Great Lakes region from Kenya through to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Southern Sudan.  On April 28, it was reported that the fuel station in Juba was out of fuel. Some UN agencies in Juba ran out of supplies.  The fuel shortage may affect humanitarian operations and could have serious security implications.

2. SECURITY/ACCESS

Sudan-Wide
Difficulties with implementation of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), which allows UN staff to travel without having to receive permits, continued to impede humanitarian activities in Sudan in April, including delaying a UNJLC distribution of NFIs to 1,651 households (HH) in the Dar Al Salam area of North Darfur.  In addition, GOS restrictions hindered UN humanitarian activities in Kassala, as local travel permits are still being requested from UN Agencies.  

Darfur
North Darfur: Over the past few weeks aid workers operating for NGOs and UN agencies have come under continuous attacks and harassment by armed groups in the area of Shangil Tobayi, Tawilah and Kutum in North Darfur. There have been ten hijackings of NGO vehicles in the Shangil Tobayi area alone since November 2005. The armed robbery and hijackings have endangered humanitarian workers assisting over 450,000 vulnerable people living in the area. The UN SRSG has appealed to the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) to stop attacking UN aid workers and humanitarian NGOs in Darfur. 
Battles between armed groups severely limited humanitarian access to Kutum and Haskanita during April.  In addition, the roads from El Fasher - Korma and Om (Kebkabiya Road) - Korma remained 'no-go' for UN agencies, limiting UN surface transport in North Darfur, including the resumption of WFP food distributions in Korma area. 

West Darfur: Instability has increased in the Chadian border area of West Darfur, following the attempted coup in Chad on April 13. The UN remains on Phase IV (high alert) and attacks on humanitarian vehicles and staff continue in Geneina town.
Following security assessments in West Darfur, the roads to Salea, Kerenek, and Mornei (a road bypassing Habila Kanari) have been opened.  There is a helicopter to Masteri and Arara.  Commercial trucking continues without problems.  Golo and Daya in Jebel Marra remain inaccessible for humanitarian operations due to insecurity.  WFP-HAS is considering resuming flights to Nertiti. 

South Darfur: The security situation in South Darfur has not improved, as attacks on civilians continued as well as banditry on commercial and humanitarian vehicles. As a result, three routes remained 'no-go' to UN agencies in April: Kass -Nertiti, Menawashi-Shangil Tobayi, and Nyala- Labador- Muhadjiria. 
The situation in Gereida and Joghana remained tense following fighting in the area.WFP-HAS has agreed to fly once a week to Gereida, increasing humanitarian access to the area, but since UN staff are not permitted to stay more than one night in the area, UN access to Gereida remains limited. 

South Sudan
In April, UNDSS declared the following UN security phases for South Sudan.  The area covering and inclusive the line: Durama-Napusi-Bar-Olo-Tore-Wandi-Risollo- the Democratic Republic of the Congo Border and the counties of Maridi and Yambio were raised from Phase III to Phase IV, limiting access by UN humanitarian agencies to the area.  The area of Toro-Wandi-Kalipapa-Rejaf-Gondokoro-Lagon-Kimatong-Ugandan border-Tsertnya-Imatong-Lokiti-Torit-Keyala-Tore-Wandi was lowered from Phase IV to Phase III, increasing UN humanitarian access.  (Source: UNDSS)

Rest of Sudan
Abyei: On April 4, the GOS National Security and Intelligence Service in Abyei announced that the access restrictions for UN humanitarian agencies to areas north of Abyei had been unconditionally lifted, and that SRRC/HAC would be responsible for issuing travel permits to the NGOs. SRRC/HAC stated that NGOs will need no travel permits in the Abyei area, including Agok, Nyama and Meiram. NGO movement outside the Abyei area, including Muglad and Kadugli, would require travel permits delivered by SRRC/HAC and approved by NSIS. The new regulations should permit the humanitarian agencies to increase assistance to the vulnerable Misseriya communities north of Abyei. Nonetheless, despite the lifting of movement restriction for UN staff in Abyei, UN police and UNMIS military observers are still not allowed to move north of Abyei.

3. LOGISTICS GENERAL

Sudan-Wide
UNJLC Logistics Coordination Meetings: UNJLC holds weekly or fortnightly logistics coordination meetings in Khartoum, El Fasher, El Geneina, Nyala, and Juba.  In addition, there is a monthly logistics coordination meeting in Zalingei.  All interested organizations are encouraged to attend.  For more information, please contact the local UNJLC Logistics Officer. 

WFP Transport and Warehousing Capacity: WFP is currently transporting all food by road, except two locations in South Sudan that are currently served by airdrops. WFP has been able to increase its warehouse capacity in the region to allow pre-positioning of food before the onset of the rainy season. Currently, the total warehousing capacity stands at 40,000 MT (65 storage units) while the planned capacity is almost 50,000 (87 storage facilities). Subsequently, WFP has been able to significantly increase its surface deliveries. (Source: WFP)

Travel Permits: UN Agencies are reminded that per the SOFA, UN Agencies do not need to request travel permits or carry official notification forms when travelling within Sudan.   UN Agencies are requested to report any difficulties regarding the SOFA to UNMIS. 

UNOPS Increased Logistics Capacity: The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is increasing its "resource life-line" capacity in North and South Sudan to address the escalating needs for equipment, supplies, vehicles, and construction in Sudan.

20 Land Cruiser Hardtops have arrived from Kenya in Juba to be used by the Government of South Sudan as part the South Sudan Rapid Impact Emergency Project part funded by the Multi Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) and implemented by UNOPS. The vehicles were driven from Mombasa, Kenya over the Ugandan border to Juba. The vehicles will be deployed in the ten Southern Sudan State Governor's Offices, many of which previously had no vehicles or limited vehicles from which to perform government functions and duties.  (Source: UNOPS)

GOS Regulations: NGOs and UN agencies continue to report problems with custom clearance, cargo import list and processing import requests. UNJLC has requested that organizations submit any information on such difficulties to unjlc.khartoum@wfp.org.

Darfur
Light Vehicle Convoy to the Darfurs:  UNJLC is currently organizing another convoy with a planned May departure.  Organizations interested in joining the convoy should submit the convoy form available at ->light vehicle convoys to the Dafurs  to unjlc.khartoum@wfp.org. 

Vehicle and Generator Maintenance:  THW provides mechanics common services.  THW is based in El Fasher.  THW will travel to provide services if organizations provide food and accommodation.  If organizations would like them to operate in Geneina as well, please send an email to unjlc.khartoum@wfp.org requesting this service. 

UNJLC Darfur Field Logistics Officers:  Gursharan Singh is the logistics officer in Nyala - Gursharan.Singh@wfp.org, +249 (0) 912174731, VHF call sign NL3.  Alister Shields is the logistics officer in Geneina - Alister.Shields@wfp.org, +249 (0) 912391044, VHF call sign GL3.2.  Sedick Toffa is the logistics officer in El Fasher - Sedick.Toffa@wfp.org, +249 (0) 912160884, VHF call sign FL 3.1.  Nicolas Daher is the roving logistics officer based out of Nyala - Nicolas.Daher@wfp.org, +249 (0) 912160410, VHF call sign NL1. 

South Sudan
UNJLC Juba Office:  Hugo Van Vuuren is the acting Head of UNJLC in South Sudan for May - Hugo.Vanvuuren@wfp.org, +254 734 333119, +88 2161 2111 7673. 

Warehouses and Cold Chain:  In general, there is insufficient warehousing and cold chain capacity throughout South Sudan.

Land and Accommodation/Offices:  Finding land and accommodation/office space remains a major concern for the humanitarian community in South Sudan.  UNJLC reports that there are approximately 20,000 m2 of undeveloped land near the Juba airport available for rent.  The current owners of the land are willing to have it developed and then reduce the rent for any permanent fixtures placed on the property.

Spare Cargo Containers: UNICEF will advise UNJLC of the numbers and location of spare cargo containers following the distribution of school supplies from its Back to School program.  UNJLC will pass this to the humanitarian community.

4. NON-FOOD ITEMS

Darfur Common NFI Pipeline
Distributions: In April, more than 7,200 households received Common Pipeline NFIs in Darfur.  The following agencies distributed Common Pipeline NFIs in March: GAA, UNJLC, IOM, TDH, Intersos, UNHCR, and SCF-US.  The commodities were 10,572 blankets, 2,444 plastic sheets, 5,423 sleeping mats, 2,897 buckets, 4,987 jerry cans, 3,778 items of women's clothing, and 144 kitchen sets. The commodities were distributed to the following locations: South Darfur - El Daein; North Darfur - Hai Abassi, Hilat Ansar, Jan Pronk, Um Biraira, Wadi Rigaia; West Darfur - Ardamata, Bindizi, Foro Burunga, Garsila, Habilah, Kerenek, and Um Kher.

In addition, the NFI CP donated 164 tents to IOM to support Dinka returnees to Northern Bahar el Gazal and loaned UNHCR 4,020 blankets and 2,010 buckets for distribution to Chadian refugees in Foro Boronga.

Due to a lack of NGO cooperating partners in the area, UNJLC distributed NFIs directly in four locations in North Darfur. 

NFI Emergency Stocks: UNJLC has established an emergency response stock of 500 HH in Zalingei, 3,000 in Nyala, 5,000 in El Fasher, and 500 HH in Geneina to support emergency NFI distributions.  

Distribution Reports:  Organizations distributing CP NFIs are reminded that they are required to complete Distribution Reports and submit them to UNJLC. 

Mosquito Nets: Mosquito nets were removed from the NFI CP at the beginning of 2006.  The Health Sector now has responsibility for the coordination of the distribution of mosquito nets in 2006. Please contact WHO for further information. 

Monitoring and Evaluation:  CARE's monitoring and evaluation of NFI distributions will begin in May.  The project consists of on-site monitoring, post-distribution follow-up, and focus group discussions. 

NFI Common Pipeline Stocks as of April 30, 2006  

NFI Commodities	El Obeid	El Geneina	Nyala	El Fasher	Total	No. of Households
Blankets		32,130	78,180	37,649	147,959	49,320
Plastic Sheeting		13,062	24,171	7,170	44,403	44,403
Sleeping Mats	148,975	86,648	142,577	89,139	467,339	155,780
Soap (pieces/100g)			945	1,215	2,160	n/a
Mosquito Nets			2,300	390	2,690	n/a
Jerry Cans		31,593	35,000	19,223	85,816	42,908
Buckets		25,959	3,103		29,062	n/a
Sanitary Material	69,986	151,996	202,658	107,323	531,963	n/a
Women's Clothing		47,532	64,174	46,280	157,986	52,662

*The "Number of Households" column shows the projected number of households that could be covered with the total stock.   Please see the complete Darfur NFI Common Pipeline tracking document at ->NFI Pipeline Overview. 


Incoming items: UNICEF will purchase jerry cans with $318,000 in CERF funding.  The $2.7 million donation from USAID/OFDA will be used to purchase all the items in the basket. In May, 40,000 blankets and 90,000 pieces of plastic sheeting are scheduled to arrive in Port Sudan.  With these procurements, there continues to be a 25 % gap remaining in the NFI pipeline. 

Pipeline Tracking:  There will be a shortage of blankets and jerry cans in May.  Jerry cans will be procured locally so the shortage is not expected to be for very long.  Organizations are strongly encouraged to donate or loan items to the CP (particularly plastic sheeting). 

Plastic Sheeting for Latrines:  UNICEF in South Darfur has plastic sheeting for latrines.  These pieces are 6 x 8 yards.  Interested agencies should contact the UNICEF/WES state field office directly. 

Donations to the CP: Organizations are reminded that if they donate NFI to the CP, the CP will cover the cost of transporting the NFI from El Obeid to the distribution points.  Agencies/NGOs can then access the CP NFI for distribution, if the target population meets CP standards.  Due to funding shortages, CARE does not have the capacity to handle NFI cargo in Khartoum nor are there funds for transporting NFIs from Khartoum to El Obeid. As a result, any future in-kind CP contributions should be delivered to the CARE warehouse at El Obeid.

Soap Distributions: UNJLC met with USAID/OFDA, UNICEF, and CARE to discuss options to increase soap distributions in Darfur.  Since organizations had reported transport costs as an impediment to conducting soap distributions, CARE, with USAID/OFDA approval, has agreed to provide transport of soap from state capitals to distribution points for May and June for rainy season pre-positioning.  Soap distributions in the first quarter of 2006 are 15% lower than in the first quarter of 2005. 630 MT of soap has been moved from El Obeid to the state warehouses. 
There is 1,025 MT of soap in the pipeline. 

 
To view Diagram please refer to this image

Other Pipelines: Information on other NFI pipelines and distributions is vital for ensuring that NFI coverage is comprehensive.  All supply managers and NFI coordinators are requested to contact Katie Inglis at Katie.inglis@wfp.org with information on their NFI activities. 

South Sudan
NFI Coordinator:  The UNJLC NFI Coordinator for South Sudan - Lise Tonelli -   arrived in Juba in the middle of April. UNJLC and World Vision are responsible for the coordination of NFI activities in South Sudan.  Lise Tonelli can be reached at lise.tonelli@wfp.org.

Rest of Sudan
ROS-NFI Coordination: From April 16-23, UNICEF and UNJLC went to Abyei and Kadugli (April 16 - April 23) to collect information and examine coordination needs for the NFI sub-sector.  The team met with NGOs and UN agencies in the area and travelled to villages with vulnerable returnee and host populations.  The team determined that NFIs are greatly needed by both returnees and the host population (Messiriya and Dinka).  As a result, UNJLC collaborated with UNICEF, GOAL, and WFP to arrange for GOAL to distribute NFIs (procured by UNICEF) to the vulnerable population in Abyei prior to the rainy season.  

5. SURFACE TRANSPORT

Sudan-Wide
Landmine Safety: The UN Mine Action Office (UNMAO) offers landmine safety briefings every Tuesday from 10-11 am at the UNMAO office in Khartoum.  Noting the danger that landmines pose to humanitarian agencies operating in Sudan, particularly with the higher risks posed by the rainy season, all organizations are encouraged to sign up.  To sign up, send your name, email address and telephone number to signup@sudanmap.org.

Darfur
CARE Common Service Surface Transport:  Following requests from more than twenty agencies and support from USAID/OFDA, CARE will resume the Common Surface Transport Service to the Darfurs in order to preposition commodities prior to the rainy season.  CARE plans to send three trucks (25 MT capacity) to each state over May and June.  CARE does not provide insurance for goods transported through this service.  The service will be free to NGOs and operate at full-cost recovery for UN agencies.  To access the service, access the Cargo Movement Request (CMR) form on the UNJLC website at  ->Cargo. 

South Sudan
Protection for Convoys: UNMIS is currently organising protection for humanitarian convoys in South Sudan.  Coordination of humanitarian convoy protection is through UNJLC in Juba. Force protection for Humanitarian convoys can be provided by UNMIS as long as the request is presented before 72 hours from the actual date of travel. UNMIS is preparing a request form for this purpose. UNMIS convoys go to Torit on Tuesdays and then to Yei - Maridi and back to Juba on Mondays.  Some of the considerations to be determined before the journey are:

• The destination
• What is being transported
• Trucks that require escorts must be fully maintained because UNMIS will not assist if there is a break down or lack of fuel.

WFP Funding Shortfalls - serious transport implications: WFP reports a funding shortfall of more than $67 million for Phase III of the roads rehabilitation project which has resulted in the loss of valuable dry season time for activities.  Phase III aims for the creation of all weather roads by expanding on the repairs already done in Phase II, putting more funds into structures and upgrading to all weather standards.  The shortage of funding during this last dry season means that critical trunk roads will be difficult to maintain during this 2006 wet season.   A recently received donation from DFID will allow WFP to undertake some emergency maintenance to open roads and keep deminers from being demobilized from road sites in South Sudan. 

Current status of roads in the WFP project:

• Ton j - Wau road - awaiting funds.
• Payii River to Shambe road - awaiting funds.
• Maintenance on Rumbek - Kaya and Nadapal - Kapoeta roads.  Partial funding made available by DFID, but still need full funding to complete. Limited emergency works with these funds will hopefully keep some roads open.
• De-mining for Juba-Bor, Nimule - Juba, and Torit Juba saved for the next two months by DFID donation, which allowed the work to continue instead of a stoppage of work east of the Nile.  Bor Dikes project given a one-month reprieve by DFID donation.
• Yei - Mundri road will not be started due to lack of funding.
• Mabior - Malakal road will not be started due lack of funding.
• De-mining for Wau - Abyei and Mabior - Malakal road will not be started.
• Bridge design survey and upgrades will not be carried out.  This has already led to bridge failure on the road from Uganda to Rumbek.
• Wau-Abyei road will not be started due lack of funding.

WFP will be consulting the Government of Southern Sudan and donors for priorities, as funds are made available. (Source: WFP)

Landmines: Movement of UN personnel between Torit and Kapoeta road in Eastern Equatoria was temporarily suspended following the discovery of a newly laid land mine on the road 20-km east of Torit. UNMAS is investigating the issue. (Source: WFP)

Road Regulations: The logistics community in South Sudan has noted that there is a requirement for road regulations restricting movement after heavy rains and axle weight limits in order to prevent roads from deteriorating further during the rainy season.  UNJLC has alerted WFP, UNCT and the Ministry of Roads and Transport. 

Road and Infrastructure information:  There is not a comprehensive system of identifying the current road situation in South Sudan.  Knowing the condition of roads during the coming rainy season will be extremely important to logisticians and transporters.  UNJLC is examining the possibility of sourcing an infrastructure/GIS information coordinator for Juba/South Sudan whose task it will be to gather available geographic data on the infrastructure in South Sudan via an inter-agency coordination mechanism, which can pool available GPS/GIS resources.

Maridi-Yambio: The present condition of the Maridi-Yambio road is unsuitable for any sort of road movement due to both disrepair and insecurity.  (Source: UNMIS)

UNMIS Surface Transport: UNMIS has commenced regular road convoys from El Obeid to Kadugli, El Obeid to EL Damazin and El Obeid to Rumbek / Juba from Wau.

UNMIS has empty trucks from:
Kosti to El Obeid
Kadugli to El Obeid
Abyei to El Obeid
Damazin to Khartoum
Humanitarian organizations can access the spare capacity on these trucks by contacting UNMIS. 

Accessing UNMIS Spare Cargo Capacity: To apply to UNMIS Air, Rail, Surface Transport and Barge Service spare cargo capacity fill out UNMIS Request Form (CMR) from the UNJLC website ->Cargo, it can be found at ->UNMIS and submit to UNJLC office for authorization before taking the form to UNMIS Movcon for processing.   Forms should be submitted to UNMIS Movcon from 0800-1300.  For further information, please contact Abdi at 09121 74552. UNMIS can not accept any CMR for cargo less than 20KG because they are easy to lose.

6. AIR OPERATIONS

Sudan-Wide
WFP-HAS Funding Shortfall: The Special Operation requires a total of $27 million in 2006 of which HAS has received only 10.9 million. With monthly operating costs of over US$2 million, donor support is vital to allow WFP-HAS to continue to provide services to the humanitarian community in Darfur and throughout Sudan. Initially, the consequences of the funding shortfall will lead to an imminent and sizeable reduction in both the fleet size and the frequency of flights.

Ultimately, the air service will be suspended cutting off access to remote areas, which are not covered by commercial operators and in many cases where humanitarian assistance is most needed. This will include the helicopter service in Darfur, which provides access for the humanitarian community to locations inaccessible by land due to current and prevailing insecurity.

NFI Flights: There have been no WFP-HAS NFI cargo flights to Darfur in 2006.  WFP-HAS is considering operating weekly NFI cargo flights during the rainy season but these flights are dependent on funding.  However, the WFP-HAS small cargo service (25 kg/package up to 100 kg total) is still available.  Interested organizations should contact WFP-HAS directly by calling Dominic Waldron on 0912167520.  These flights are to North and South Sudan.  In addition, organizations can transport items through UNMIS on a space-available basis. Please contact UNJLC for details.   

WFP-HAS Fleet: The total current WFP-HAS fleet consists of: 

Khartoum: Two Dash-8s, Two B-1900s, One B-200
El Obeid: One C208
Nyala: One C208, One M18 Helicopter
El Fasher: One M18 Helicopter
Geneina: One M18 Helicopter
Wau: One C208
Juba: One C208
Lokichoggio: Two Dash-8s
Rumbek: One Twin Otter
Lokichoggio/Rumbek: Eight C208s, Two Buffalos

Nyala Airport: Nyala Airport was closed for all air traffic from 1100 - 1900 on April 4-6 and 11-13. 

UNMIS Flights to Darfur: UNMIS commenced 737 daily passenger services to El Fasher and Nyala from Khartoum in April. The humanitarian community may be able to access spare cargo capacity on these flights (the cargo capacity may be as high as 4 MT, if the fights are not carrying a full passenger load).  To access spare capacity, follow the instructions outlined in the Surface Transport section. 

7. RIVER TRANSPORT

Kosti Wharf: Conditions and capacity have improved considerably at Kosti Wharf, a key way station for IDPs returning from Khartoum to Southern Sudan. The Sudanese government River Transport Corporation (RTC) has received 32 engines for barge-pushers, which engineers are now refitting. Coupled with the planned construction of four new passenger barges, the new engines will further increase the capacity of the RTC to move returnees from the wharf to points south.  (Source: USAID)

UNMIS Barge:  UNMIS will commence a regular barge service from Kosti to Malakal/Juba in the beginning of July.  Organizations wishing to access spare capacity on the barge should fill in the Cargo Movement Request form available at ->UNMIS Cargo Movement Request Form and submit the form to the UNJLC office for authorization before taking the form to UNMIS Movcon for processing.

IOM Barge: IOM is operating a barge (400 MT capacity) between Juba and Bor to support returning IDPs.  Humanitarian organizations wishing to access spare capacity on the barge are requested to fill in the form at ->cargo form and submit it to the following IOM representatives in Juba -  Mladen Kakuca: + 8821654208732, mkakucatdy@iom.int and Mark Petzoldt:mpetzoldt@iom.int. 

8. FUEL

Fuel Survey: UNJLC released the 2006 Sudan Fuel Survey at the end of April.  The survey can be found at ->2006 Fuel Survey.  The survey notes that United Nations operations in Sudan over the next three to five years will require fuel supplies in excess of those available through Sudan's domestic refining industry. For the foreseeable future, supplies will continue to be supplemented by imports through Port Sudan and, for Southern Sudan, through the increasingly fragile supply chain from Mombasa.

Fuel Shortages:
A fuel shortage in Sudan and neighboring countries has illustrated starkly the fragility of the Southern transport corridor, the inadequacy of fuel storage, and the fact that the limited barge offloading capacity in Southern Sudanese Nile River ports precludes reliable supply of fuels from the north by barge. At the end of April, fuel shortages emerged throughout the Great Lakes region from Kenya through to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Southern Sudan. On April 28, it was reported that the fuel station in Juba was out of fuel. Some UN agencies in Juba ran out of supplies. The fuel shortage may affect humanitarian operations and could have serious security implications.

The root cause of the crisis appears to lie with Mombasa Port and the Kenyan Government enforcing a law obliging all re-export fuel (i.e. that used in Southern Sudan and Uganda) to be moved by the Kenya pipeline and not by road. Without decisive action by the UN in the coming weeks and action by the Government of Southern Sudan to clarify land issues necessary for fuel installations, the situation will only deteriorate further. The private sector will not make the long-term investments needed to build the supply chain without indications that they will be paid.

Sudan-Wide
Fuel MOU: UNJLC continues to make progress with the UNMIS fuel MOU by holding meetings with interested UN agencies and advocating for improved terms and conditions. The MOU concerns the provision of diesel to UN agencies through the UNMIS fuel contract with Skylink.  The current fuel shortage in Juba has highlighted the importance of signing this MOU to ensure a sufficient supply of fuel for UN humanitarian agencies.  

April Diesel Prices in Sudan (SD per L)

Location	Price per litre
Khartoum	75.23
EL Fasher	132
Nyala	167
El Geneina	198
EL Obeid	85
Juba	263.35
Rumbek	197.7
Yei	229

To view the Diagram referring to the Diesel Price Trends in Nothern Sudan please refer to this link

South Sudan
Fuel MOU: UNJLC has been leading discussions on the fuel memorandum of understanding between UNMIS and UN Agencies.  The MOU concerns the provision of diesel to UN agencies through the UNMIS fuel contract with Skylink.