Content_paragraphs:  The security context continued to be dominated by localized and subnational
  
  violence, with an overall increase in incidents compared with the previous reporting
  
  period coinciding with the onset of the dry season. The linkages between local
  
  conflicts and national dynamics continued, a trend that was further underlined by  the
  
  latest outbreak of violence in Maban. Macroeconomic pressure, political competition
  
  for local administration positions, increased pressure on livelihoods and food price
  
  increases were layered over pre-existing local and national fissures, spurring
  
  localized conflicts. Central Equatoria remained the key hotspot for conflict -related
  
  sexual violence, accounting for 53 per cent of the 11 incidents reported. 
  
   
  
    Greater Upper Nile region