UN warns of hunger in South Sudan

UN agencies have called for an end to fighting in South Sudan’s Jonglei state to enable the delivery of humanitarian supplies.

They said people in Pibor county faced catastrophic levels of hunger.

According to the UN agencies, four factors were contributing to the crisis – violence, the pandemic, flooding and a failing economy.

They said 6.5million South Sudanese face severe food insecurity, with numbers projected to rise significantly next year.

Nearly 1.5million children are expected to be acutely malnourished in the coming months.

The joint message was released by the World Food Programme, Unicef and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization.

BBC/Nneka Ukachukwu