The Juba government and the United Nations say some 100 000 people are facing starvation, with a million more on the brink of famine.

A combination of civil war and an economic collapse have been blamed.

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It’s six years since a famine has been declared. That was in was

Somalia which is once again listed – along with Yemen and north eastern Nigeria – as being on the brink of famine.

A famine is declared when the death rate exceeds two people per day of a every 10 000 in population, a third of the population suffer acute malnutrition and a fifth of households face extreme food storages

Aid agencies, including the UN World Food Programme and the children’s fund Unicef say nearly five million people – that’s more than 40% of South Sudan’s population – are in urgent need of food.

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