South Sudan: Humanitarian Aid to CAR, South Sudan Woefully Underfunded

Geneva, Switzerland — U.N. humanitarian agencies are calling for immediate contributions to fund emergency aid in the Central African Republic and South Sudan. The agencies say desperate millions in these war-torn countries are suffering from lack of food, medical care and other basic needs because appeals are going unheeded.

The United Nations said the crises in South Sudan and the Central African Republic comprised one of the biggest refugee and internal displacement situations seen in Africa in recent years.

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