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Famine Declared in Region of South Sudan – UN

Displaced women and children under a hot sun in South Sudan’s Maban County, where food shortages are causing tension. Photo: UNHCR/P. Rulashe

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–20 February 2017 – 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.

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