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December 24, 2020
ANKARA
Violence, flooding and displacement has pushed at least a million children in South Sudan to the brink of starvation, Save the Children, a leadng humanitarian organization for children, has said.
In a statement late Wednesday, it warned of a devastating large-scale hunger crisis among children in the Eastern African country.
“New data shows a dramatic increase in food insecurity that has pushed one million children to the brink of starvation – as well as projections that this figure will rise by 13% in the first half of next year,” it said.
Patrick Analo, Save the Children’s Acting Country Director of South Sudan, said: “This perfect storm of hunger, floods, violence and displacement has created a crisis in which children are suffering the most. Children have witnessed unimaginable acts of violence committed against their loved ones. Thousands have been separated from their families and are now at risk of exploitation and abuse.”
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Violence, flooding, and displacement push one million children in South Sudan to the brink of starvation
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Save the Children is warning of a devastating large-scale hunger crisis among children in South Sudan, as new data shows a dramatic increase in food insecurity that has pushed one million children to the brink of starvation – as well as projections that this figure will rise by 13% in the first half of next year.
The charity is calling for immediate action to prevent tens of thousands of children from dying of hunger. This follows a joint statement by UN agencies saying 6.5 million people in South Sudan – 53% of the population – have been pushed into severe food crisis– a rise of nearly 10% from the start of the year.