60% of South Sudan s population facing acute hunger, says UN In a new joint report, UN agencies on Friday said that 1.4 million children face acute malnutrition in the conflict-ravaged eastern African nation. FILE: South Sudanese flags flutter in Juba. Picture: AFP
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JUBA - Roughly 60% 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, chairperson of South Sudan s National Bureau of Statistics, said in the capital Juba as he released the country s latest hunger assessment.
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.
Friday, 18 December 2020 5:07 PM
[ 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.
South Sudan: UN Agencies Sound Alarm Over Rising Hunger
6.5M people in African country face severe food insecurity, need urgent assistance, report says. Three UN organizations Friday called for immediate humanitarian access to parts of South Sudan s Pibor County in Jonglei State, where people have run out of food and are facing catastrophic levels of hunger.
According to a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, the UN s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are scaling up their response, along with other humanitarian aid organizations.
The high levels of hunger are being driven by insecurity, the effects of COVID-19, the economic crisis, and the impact of flooding on livelihoods, the report said.
Sixty percent of S.Sudan population facing acute hunger: UN
By AFP
DEC 18, 2020
Around 60 percent of South Sudan s population could suffer from severe hunger by the middle of next year. By TONY KARUMBA (AFP/File)
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.