June 14, 2022 (JUBA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday announced it has suspended food assistance to almost a third of “acutely” food insecure people in South Sudan over “critical funding shortages”. The decision, WFP said in statement, means the 1.7 million people it planned to support this year will starve owing to the lack of humanitarian food assistance. The suspension of aid comes at the worst possible time for the people of South Sudan as the country faces a year of unprecedented hunger, the agency said. According to WFP, over 60% of the population are grappling with severe food insecurity during the lean season, fuelled by continuing conflict, severe flooding,
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