JUBA: According to the United Nations on Wednesday, about 7.7 million people in South Sudan—many of whom live in the country’s unstable northeast, which has been rocked by recent clashes—face crisis levels of famine. Since gaining independence in 2011, the extremely poor country has struggled with instability and insecurity, and fighting between troops loyal to the president and his deputy poses a further threat to the country’s stability.
7.7 million people fall into the third-highest category of need, which is characterized as “crisis, emergency, or catastrophic,” according to a statement released by the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday. According to the statement, “this is almost at record highs.” According to a spokeswoman, approximately 63,000 people were classified as having the greatest need, while 2.53 million people fell into the group below. The majority of these individuals were found in the northeastern Upper Nile State region.
As forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar conflict, bloodshed in that region of the country is on the rise. In the capital city of Juba, Machar is currently under house arrest, forcing his party to name Stephen Par Kuol as its temporary leader. According to the WFP, one million people in the Upper Nile region are experiencing “high levels of hunger,” making it the area “most impacted by the escalation of conflict.” According to 32-year-old Reath Yian Ulang of Ulang county in Upper Nile State, “there is no shelter at all and there is scarcity of food.”
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