From The Church Times-FAMINE has been formally declared in Unity State, South Sudan: it is the first in the world since 2011.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has called on the Church to pray for peace, as aid agencies warn of a narrow window during which aid can be delivered before the rainy season.
On Monday, the UN reported that war and a “collapsing economy” had left 100,000 people facing starvation. A further one million people are classified as being on the brink of famine. The declaration means that people have already started dying of hunger.
More than 40 per cent of the population — 4.9 million people — are in need of food assistance, a figure expected to rise to 5.5 million in July if nothing is done to address the crisis. More than one million children are estimated to be acutely malnourished.
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https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2017/24-february/news/world/aid-called-for-as-thousands-face-famine-in-south-sudan
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