In South Sudan, People Are Dying Of Hunger As Civil War Continues

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A World Food Program food distribution site in Bentiu, South Sudan. The U.N. says nearly 5 million people in the country do not have enough food, and in one region people are already dying of starvation.
Kate Holt/AP

February 21, 20171:53 PM ET
REBECCA HERSHER

The United Nations says people are dying of starvation in north-central South Sudan, and it has issued a formal famine declaration for part of the country.

In all, nearly 5 million South Sudanese people do not have enough food, according to the U.N.'s food security arm, and that number is expected to rise to 5.5 million by the agricultural lean times in midsummer.

Of those, at least 100,000 people are at immediate risk of starving to death.

"The magnitude of these food insecure populations is unprecedented across all periods," a new report warns.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/21/516410076/in-south-sudan-people-are-dying-of-hunger-as-civil-war-continues

An entirely man-made famine.

4:26 audio at link.