Sudan: Over 1 Million Face Food Shortages - Minister

29 September 2011

Juba/Kampala — 1.3 million South Sudanese, mainly from Jonglei and Upper Nile states, have insufficient food supplies this year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry told parliament in the capital, Juba on Wednesday.

Presenting the food shortage report to parliament, was Betty Achan Ogwaro, the minister of agriculture and forestry. She blamed the food shortage on blockades on the North Sudan border during the build-up to 9 July, when South Sudan declared its independence.

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