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South Sudan hunger crisis 'to affect four million'
Some four million people in South Sudan are likely to face critical food shortages next month, British aid agencies have warned.
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More than a million people have fled their homes since fighting erupted between different factions of South Sudan's ruling party last December.
Thousands have now died in the conflict that started as a political dispute between South Sudan President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar, his sacked deputy, but escalated into ethnic violence.
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Months of fighting in South Sudan has prevented farmers from planting or harvesting crops, causing food shortages nationwide.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28132247
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More than a million people have fled their homes since fighting erupted between different factions of South Sudan's ruling party last December.
Thousands have now died in the conflict that started as a political dispute between South Sudan President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar, his sacked deputy, but escalated into ethnic violence.
...
Months of fighting in South Sudan has prevented farmers from planting or harvesting crops, causing food shortages nationwide.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28132247
A lot of the article is about the dilemma of forecasting a famine, because they know there won't be an adequate harvest this year, while not yet having the pictures and stories that are most effective at fundraising.
