Unity State Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/unity-state/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 28 Mar 2016 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Unity State Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/unity-state/ 32 32 South Sudan faces starvation https://jjcornish.com/2016/03/south-sudan-faces-starvation/ Mon, 28 Mar 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/03/south-sudan-faces-starvation/ South Sudan’s experiencing alarming levels of starvation, according the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation. And the world body’s High Commission for Refugees reports acute food insecurity for the 40 000 South Sudanese sheltering in Darfur from violence at home. ends intro The Food and Agriculture Organization says parts of South Sudan’s Unity state are […]

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]]> South Sudan’s experiencing alarming levels of starvation, according the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation.

And the world body’s High Commission for Refugees reports acute food insecurity for the 40 000 South Sudanese sheltering in Darfur from violence at home.

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The Food and Agriculture Organization says parts of South Sudan’s Unity state are on the brink of famine.

The dramatically depleting food situation is caused by a lean harvest that has driven prices to record levels.

South Sudan is experiencing rampant inflation caused by the collapse of the oil industry due to the international fall in the price of the commodity.

The country is also experiencing rampant corruption.

Political leaders have struck a peace deal to end years of civil war but it has yet to be properly implemented.

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