The tragedy is the people of South Sudan are in the midst of a
famine, not because of a drought or other natural disaster, but because
of ongoing conflict. There is heavy responsibility on all sides of the
fighting. There is no innocent party here. In South Sudan, the U.N. has reported roughly 5 million people who
are in urgent need of food and nutritional assistance. There are almost
2 million internally displaced persons in camps in South Sudan, and
2,400 South Sudanese refugees arrive in Uganda every single day. If the world does not act, 5 million people will be at risk for
starvation by mid-2017. Without urging humanitarian intervention, more
civilians will continue to die from acute malnutrition, and millions
more will remain at risk.
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