UN warns 7.8 million in South Sudan face acute hunger amid worsening crisis

11 articles · Updated · Al Jazeera English · Apr 28

The UN report highlights that 2.2 million children under five now suffer acute malnutrition, with 700,000 at grave risk of dying.
Ongoing conflict, displacement, damaged nutrition services, and funding shortages have driven up hunger, prompting urgent calls for international intervention to prevent an irreversible humanitarian catastrophe.
South Sudan’s crisis is intensified by ethnic conflict, climate change, spillover from Sudan’s war, and a deepening economic downturn, raising fears of renewed civil war despite a 2018 peace agreement.

Amidst a devastating hunger crisis, why are international aid and attention for South Sudan fading away?

Why are 700,000 children facing death from hunger in a nation with vast oil wealth?

How are extreme floods and a warming climate pushing millions of South Sudanese deeper into starvation?

With over a million fleeing Sudan's war, can South Sudan handle another massive crisis at its border?

With a peace deal collapsing, are the planned 2026 elections a path to stability or more conflict?

As a key political rival faces a treason trial, could South Sudan plunge back into full-scale civil war?