South Sudan civilians face hunger amid conflict, floods: ICRC


By UnreguserYang Zhen
  • World
  • Tuesday, 03 Nov 2020

JUBA, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Monday said thousands of South Sudanese civilians were facing hunger and diseases due to civil strife and floods.

The charity said in a statement issued in Juba said that conflict combined with torrential rains has escalated a humanitarian crisis as communities grapple with hunger, malnutrition, and disease in South Sudan's central, Western and Eastern Equatoria regions.

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