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South Sudan will face escalating food crisis in 2017, UN agriculture agency warns
Nov 08, 2016, at 02:11 pm
New York, Nov 8 (Just Earth News): As the conflict in South Sudan grinds on, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Monday that 31 per cent of the country’s population, or 3.7 million people, are facing a severe food security risk, despite the end of the lean food season and start of harvests – a major increase from the one million who were in a similar situation at this time last year.
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