The article below is from the BBC website. It reports what we all on GretaWire know — people in Nuba Mountains and South Sudan are starving to death because Sudan President Bashir is bombing his own people (and they are fleeing to South Sudan.) I sure wish I could help….
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Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, warns UN
More than half the population of South Sudan are facing food shortages due to the continuing conflict with Sudan, the UN is warning.
It says fighting on the border between the two countries and the shutdown of oil production have had a devastating impact on the South’s economy.
It adds there are fears the situation in the South, which gained independence from Sudan last July, is worsening.
Previous estimates suggest 4.7 million people are at risk of food shortages.
In this latest report, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) says a complex combination of factors has “raised fears that the South Sudanese are sliding into destitution”.
Those factors include: CLICK HERE
