FAMINE HITS PARTS OF SOUTH SUDAN, UN WARNS

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Internally displaced persons in Unity State, South Sudan. Photo: UNHCR

FAMINE HITS PARTS OF SOUTH SUDAN, UN WARNS

Famine has been formally declared in parts of South Sudan, the United Nations said today, warning that war and a collapsing economy have left some 100,000 people facing starvation there and a further 1 million people are classified as being on the brink of famine. Read more

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