new finding by international food security experts means this could be the first part of the world in famine since one was declared in 2017 in another part of the country then deep in civil war.South Sudan is one of four countries with areas that could slip into famine, the United Nations has warned, along with Yemen, Burkina Faso and northeastern Nigeria.Pibor county this year has seen deadly local violence and unprecedented flooding that have hurt aid efforts.
On a visit to the town of Lekuangole this month, seven families told The Associated Press that 13 of their children starved to death between February and November.