FAMINE: SOUTH SUDANESE CHILDREN GO HUNGRY AS AID FALLS SHORTJulia Hotz
Top athletes from Ethiopia and Kenya joined by over 2,000 South Sudanese took part in the Great Run South Sudan marathon on Saturday in a bid to raise funds to fight famine and poverty in the East African country where 100,000 people are facing starvation. The 10km race led by retired ...
In a joint statement, the UN famine prevention and response coordinator, Reena Ghelani, and the UN's acting humanitarian coordinator for South Sudan, Martie Helene Verney, said the world could not turn a blind eye to the extreme situations of food insecurity and malnutrition in South Sudan. "...
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than half of the population of South Sudan (SSD) faced crisis or worse levels of food insecurity, and several areas were at risk of famine [1]. Acute food insecurity was estimated to be worst in part of Greater Upper Nile (Jonglei, Unity,...
South Sudan had declared famine, but international aid was quick to arrive. This year, though, the story seems complicated. UN response plan has received only around 4% of its expected 2018 funding so far — there are chances that nearly half of South Sudan’s population might be facing hun...
In South Sudan, the U.N. Children's Fund UNICEF said in February that gunmen kidnapped the boys in oil-rich Upper Nile State while they were sitting exams. Brown, a former British prime minister, said they were aged between 12 and 15. Brown was starting a campaign for the ...
The most dangerous countries to visit in 2025 are Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen according to the latest Travel Risk Map, an interactive tool produced by security specialists at International SOS.Ranked...
South Sudan has been devastated by a three-year civil war that has killed tens of thousands and contributed to a recently declared famine in two counties that threatens more than 100,000 people. Ladsous said the initial troops for the regional protection force will come from Rwanda, Nepal ...
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afrol News, 26 March - The UN's humanitarian agencies now warn about a devastating famine in Sudan and especially in South Sudan, where the situation is said to be "imploding". Relief officials are appealing to donors to urgently fund life-saving activities in the two countries....