Sixty percent of S.Sudan population facing acute hunger: UN

Sixty percent of S.Sudan population facing acute hunger: UN
AFP
12/18/2020
AFP
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Around 60 percent of South Sudan's population could suffer from severe hunger by the middle of next year
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.

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