The latest escalations in violence will bring at least 40% of South Sudan’s population in danger of facing a severe food shortage in coming months said the chief adviser for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation.
Stressing that the conflict in South Sudan would have a severe impact on the people, Erminio Sacco, said,
“People are cut off from markets, cannot plant crops, have lost their livestock and are hiding in the bush swamps with no food, no utensils to cook and no roof over their heads.”
The Sudanese government earlier this week denied supporting militants in South Sudan. The Sudanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ali al-Sadiq told the official SUNA news agency that Sudan had no interest in such an intervention.
Last week the Chinese government, alongside the UN, European Union and African Union, urged both sides of the conflict to immediately cease military confrontations and safety for humanitarian aid staff.
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