UN agencies warn South Sudan funding shortfall pushes millions toward acute hunger

JUBA, July 3– South Sudan is rapidly approaching a critical tipping point as humanitarian demands outpace the current international response, two United Nations (UN) agencies warned on Friday.

The World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization jointly noted that a devastating mix of escalating local conflict, climate shocks, and a severely underfunded aid budget has pushed the nation into its gravest hunger crisis since independence.