The humanitarian crisis in South Sudan has reached calamitous levels with more than 8.3 million people, or three quarters of the population, in need of urgent assistance, according to a consortium of non-governmental organizations operating in the nation.
Persistent violence and two years of floods that led to the worst food shortage in recent years have left parts of the country in a critical state, the NGO Forum, which groups 414 national and 119 international non-profit organizations, said in an emailed statement.
