The United Nations has said that nearly eight million people, more than half of South Sudan’s population, are facing critical levels of hunger.
The organization wrote on its X page on Thursday, August 6, that there is a risk of famine occurring in four areas of the country, and that the outbreak of cholera has so far claimed the lives of more than 1,700 people.
It is reported that the United Nations Security Council is scheduled to hold a meeting in New York regarding the situation in South Sudan.
The meeting is being held as international organizations have called for immediate action to prevent further deterioration of the food, health, and humanitarian crises in the country.
