A team from the International Committee of the Red Cross or ICRC on Tuesday visited Yei to carry out needs assessment of internally displaced persons in the town.
Cyril Jaurena, head of Greater Equatoria, says they are also in Yei to evacuate wounded people to Juba for medication, Radio Easter reports.
Catholic Bishop of Yei Erkolano Lodu Tombe says insecurity has forcefully displaced many citizens to the bush, now in need of immediate humanitarian assistance.
The team met church leaders, government officials and internally displaced people.