Famine in South Sudan has left 100,000 people on the verge of starvation and almost 5 million people, more than 40% of the country's population, in need of urgent help, aid agencies say.
People are already dying of hunger, and another 1 million people are on the brink of famine, UN agencies said.
Years of civil war, a refugee crisis, and a collapsing economy have taken their toll on South Sudan since it gained its independence in 2011.
Now the UN World Food Programme and nongovernmental organizations are sounding the alarm, warning that more than a million children are suffering from acute malnutrition
Source:edition.cnn.com
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