Africa: Food Crisis Escalates in South Sudan

press release

Juba — FAO warns of deteriorating situation, need to expand resilience efforts

A staggering 2.5 million people - about one-fifth of the population - remain in either Crisis or Emergency level food insecurity as fighting continues in South Sudan, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, released this week.

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