Humanitarian community in South Sudan scales up response to save lives
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(Juba, 18 December 2020) Following the release of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, the Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Alain Noudéhou, re-iterated the commitment of the humanitarian community to scale up its response to meet people’s increasing needs and to save lives.
The IPC analysis projects that by mid-2021, an estimated 7.24 million people or 60 per cent of the South Sudanese population will face severe acute food insecurity and will need urgent assistance. Many of the families have exhausted their emergency coping strategies. Around 1.4 million children under age 5 are expected to be acutely malnourished in 2021, which is the highest number in three years.
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FAO and Belgium support Southern Africa in the fight against the African migratory locust
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Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe have been facing a serious outbreak of the African migratory locust (AML) (Locusta migratoria migratorioides) since May 2020. Damage to summer crops was limited as harvesting had already occurred. However, irrigated crops, winter crops and the next season of summer crops are now in jeopardy. About 1.1 million hectares have already been affected, according to the Food and Nutrition Security Working Group (FSNWG).
The AML is a transboundary pest capable of flying long distances and severely affecting crops, pastures as well as food security, nutrition and livelihoods. According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), about 2.3 million people already facing acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3) are likely to be seriously impacted by AML in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Namibia.
Around 60 per cent of South Sudan s population will face severe hunger by the middle of next year, the government and UN agencies warned on Friday, calling for urgent assistance to address the growing crisis.
In a new joint report, they also said that 1.4 million children face acute malnutrition in the conflict-ravaged eastern African nation. The food security situation and nutrition situation has deteriorated, Isaiah Chol Aruai, chairman of South Sudan s National Bureau of Statistics, said in the capital Juba as he released the country s latest hunger assessment. This is because of pockets of insecurity that have led to population displacement, low crop production because of climate shocks such as floods and drought, he said, also pointing to the COVID-19 pandemic, an economic crisis, desert locust infestation and inadequate humanitarian aid.
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[ Last Update: Friday, 18 December 2020 5:07 PM ] The photo, taken on July 3, 2018, shows a woman cooking maize and sorghum dropped from air by a World Food Programme (WFP) plane in Jeich Village in Ayod County, northern South Sudan. (Photo by AFP)
Roughly 60 percent of South Sudan s population face severe hunger by the middle of next year, the government and UN agencies warned Friday, calling for urgent assistance to address the growing crisis.
In a new joint report they also said that 1.4 million children face acute malnutrition in the conflict-ravaged eastern African nation. The food security situation and nutrition situation has deteriorated, Isaiah Chol Aruai, chairman of South Sudan s National Bureau of Statistics, said in the capital Juba as he released the country s latest hunger assessment.