In March, fighting between dissidents and government forces moved further southwards towards Tarvey, Gbapolu County. The latest reports of fighting come from Gelmah to the south of Kolahun. Almost all of the 2,000 registered IDPs who were in Tarvey until recently, left there at the end of March, some of them moving on foot further south to Amtel and the rest fleeing into the bush. The status of mothers and children on the road is particularly bad. In addition there is great concern for those who continue to make their way southwards through the forest on their way to Tarvey.
People have no shelter and are sleeping mostly out in the open in the rainy season.
Diarrhoea is on the rise and there are a number of heavily pregnant women with no facilities to ensure a safe, clean birth. The security situation is fragile and as a logging camp the area is unsafe with children and adults being injured by equipment lying around. The total IDP population spreading from Tarvey to Curngbor is now estimated at close to 6,000, fluctuating constantly as people choose to move further south or stay in the area. At the beginning of April, a team comprising international and national humanitarian agencies monitored the movement of people from Tarvey southwards. SC UK was primarily responsible for monitoring the number of separations of children from their families.