Aid Groups Warn Millions in South Sudan Face Famine in 2015
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More than 2.5 million people face famine in South Sudan next year unless the international community continues to provide emergency aid relief, the United Nations and non-governmental organizations said.
Nine months of civil war in the East African country has brought about one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, forcing more than 1.8 million to search for food and flee fighting, according to the UN. The World Food Programme said on Sept. 16 that famine has been averted this year after seasonal rains boosted food supplies and relief workers distributed aid to people displaced by the conflict.