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Food crisis and famine

young girl eating RUTF Ready To Use Therapeutic Food

11 November 2022

South Sudan launches parliamentary alliance for food security and nutrition

A mother holding her baby

18 October 2022

United Nations calls for greater efforts to tackle food insecurity and malnutrition in South Sudan

Family with young children

Mothers battle to keep their children well nourished

In the heart of one of South Sudan’s POC camps a mother of eight with triplet babies relies on UNICEF services for keeping them healthy and thriving

Mom with baby

16 October 2021

On World Food Day, Government and United Nations call for more sustainable agri-food systems in South Sudan

RUTF handover from USAID to UNICEF

USAID provides $ 25M funding to UNICEF in the fight against malnutrition in South Sudan

97,600 cartons of therapeutic food handed over to treat children suffering from the most severe form of malnutrition

A child having his upper-arm measured

South Sudan: expanded interventions of humanitarian actors generating hopeful results

Urgent flexible funding needed as communities remain in critical situation

A UNICEF nutrition worker in handing over a MUAC to a mother

15 February 2021

The People’s Republic of China is responding to the nutrition crisis in South Sudan.

A boy's mid-upper arm is measured

20 February 2020

Hunger threatens over half of the population in South Sudan

Food security worsened significantly in areas hit by last year’s floods

A child is treated with RUTF

28 September 2018

Conflict pushes South Sudanese into hunger – more than 6 million people face desperate food shortages

Call for lasting peace to prevent further food crises

A child suffering from malnutrition is being fed

26 February 2018

Nearly two-thirds of the population in South Sudan at risk of rising hunger

Sustained assistance and access critical to prevent hunger reaching its highest level ever : FAO, UNICEF & WFP