UN warns funding gap risks food aid for 650,000 South Sudan refugees
The United Nations has warned that funding shortages threaten to deprive more than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan of food aid within weeks, due to a decline in resources allocated to relief programs. If the situation remains unchanged, some refugees may be forced to return to Sudan because of the risk of famine and mistreatment, as food support, which is set to cease from September, puts over 240,000 vulnerable refugees at risk. The region is facing one of the worst hunger crises in the world, with more than 7.8 million people suffering from severe food insecurity and 2.2 million children experiencing acute malnutrition, amidst continued large-scale displacement from neighboring Sudan.
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