Hunger in South Sudan at Highest Level Since War Began, UN Says
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Almost half of South Sudan’s population face severe food shortages as a lengthy dry season and depleted stocks spur the country’s worst hunger since civil war began in late 2013, United Nations agencies said.
As many as 4.8 million people could suffer the effects of an “an unusually long and harsh annual lean season” before harvests expected to begin in August, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the UN Children’s Fund and World Food Programme said Wednesday.