The leader of the minority parties in the National Legislative Assembly says the situation of the displaced persons within Malakal town is ‘horrible’.

Honorable Onyoti Adigo, who visited the area last week, said the situation is dire for IDPs sheltering in churches and Malakal Civil Hospital.

“The situation we saw in Malakal was horrible; people are really suffering in the real sense,” Mr Adigo described to Eye Radio the situation of Malakal town after the fighting between government and rebel forces ended last week.

“We drove through the town where we saw a lot of dead bodies on the streets, burnt houses, and we went even where the displaced people are, in around six places in the churches, and the situation of these displaced people is also horrible.

“People are really, really suffering; no shelter for the children and their elders, no food, no clean drinking water, no sanitation, no medical care, nothing at all.”

Honorable Onyoti said that when you see birds on top of houses, you know that there are dead bodies, the birds are eating them.”

He called on organizations such as Red Cross to help with the collection of dead bodies in the streets of Malakal town.

“First of all, the International Committee of the Red Cross has to go and bury the dead bodies and try to find out the real number, and the other NGOs who can help in the humanitarian assistance like shelter, food, good drinking water and even medicine.”

Medecins Sans Frontieres, who were operating in the area told Eye Radio last week that it was planning to resume operations at Malakal Teaching Hospital.

MSF stopped its work in Upper Nile after saying the security of its staff was not guaranteed.

On the collection of the dead bodies in Bor, Bentiu and Malakal town, the ICRC in Juba refused to comment when Eye Radio approached them last week.