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A Levee Maintained by the IOM Separates a South Sudan Camp From Flooded Plains
BENTIU, South Sudan — Years of flooding have turned South Sudan's main oil region into a toxic-water crisis, contaminating rivers and lakes that hundreds of thousands rely on for drinking, cooking, and fishing.
In Unity State, where the Bentiu Protection of Civilians (POC) camp shelters 140,000 displaced people, a geospatial analysis found that 159 of over 400 oil wells were submerged during the 2021 floods, and more than 50 remain underwater today, according to a joint DW and PlaceMarks Africa investigation. Camp resident Simon Gatkuoth, in his early forties, said fish caught near oil fields are contaminated: When we cook them, the soup sometimes smells like penicillin. But there is no option.
We cannot stop eating because there is no alternative. The 2021 deluge, linked to climate change, submerged farmland and killed thousands of cattle, while South Sudan lacked dams and flood-control infrastructure to cope. A levee maintained by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is all that separates the camp from the flooded plain.
উৎস: DW World