Centrum Stosunków Międzynarodowych - 09 September 2016: 'Unprecedented' level of Hunger in South Sudan, UN Says

The United Nations through The World Food Program depicted a dramatic situation in South Sudan. As they stated, the crisis has reached "unprecedented" levels, with approximately 5 million people suffering from severe food insecurity. Furthermore, "the situation could rapidly become catastrophic" if nothing is done rapidly. South Sudan is currently experiencing a severe inflation, due to the civil war. The situation is worsening in a country undermined by a war involving government forces and different ethnic groups, while the UN recently launched an investigation to figure out who is responsible for the Juba hotel attack. In fact, the secretary-general is "concerned about allegations that UNMISS (the U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan) did not respond appropriately to prevent this and other grave cases of sexual violence committed in Juba".