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UN warns of looming widespread food crisis in South Sudan

The United Nations Tuesday issued a stark warning of multiple, looming food crises in South Sudan and across the globe.

by Sudans Post
June 8, 2022

Displaced person in South Sudan receiving pulses [Photo via Action Africa Help]
Displaced person in South Sudan receiving pulses [Photo via Action Africa Help]
JUBA – The United Nations Tuesday issued a stark warning of multiple, looming food crises in South Sudan and across the globe.

Two UN agencies — the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) – said the food crisis was due to conflict, extreme weather conditions, economic shocks and the lingering impacts of coronavirus pandemic.

According to the report, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen remain at ‘highest alert’ as hotspots with catastrophic conditions, and Afghanistan and Somalia are new entries to this worrisome category since the last hotspots report, released in January.

It called for urgent humanitarian action in 20 ‘hunger hotspots’ where acute hunger is expected to worsen from June to September 2022.

“We are deeply concerned about the combined impacts of overlapping crises jeopardizing people’s ability to produce and access foods, pushing millions more into extreme levels of acute food insecurity,” FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said in a statement seen by Dawn on Tuesday.

“We are in a race against time to help farmers in the most affected countries, including by rapidly increasing potential food production and boosting their resilience in the face of challenges.”

These six countries all have parts of the population facing IPC (Integrated Phase Classification) phase 5 ‘Catastrophe’ levels, at risk of deterioration towards catastrophic conditions, with up to 750,000 people facing starvation and death in Ethiopia, Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Afghanistan.

The report provides concrete country-specific recommendations for immediate humanitarian assistance to save lives, prevent famine and protect livelihoods.

In the critical window between an early warning and a shock, the UN agencies advocate for flexible humanitarian funding to better anticipate needs and protect communities.

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