12/12/2019
Famine stalks millions in South Sudan after droughts and floods, UN says
Famine threatens the lives of up to 5.5 million people in South Sudan, where droughts and flooding have destroyed crops and livestock, compounding quot;intense political instabilityquot;, the UN said on Thursday. The UN's World Food Programme said it needed $270 million (Dh991.7m) urgently to feed hungry South Sudanese in the first half of 2020 and avert mass starvation in the world's youngest country. quot;Every factor is in place for...
