Source: United Nations (video statements)
South Sudan’s hunger crisis is becoming increasingly catastrophic as violence, extreme weather and dwindling aid leave millions without enough food, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday. The impact of the ‘super El Niño’ is already immediately clear in South Sudan and the regional impact of extreme weather is also being felt in neighbouring Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya, causing a bigger effect on food security in the entire area, WFP’s Assistant Executive Director for Programme Operations Matthew Hollingworth told reporters in Geneva.