50,000 children risk death in South Sudan

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Conflict in South Sudan has triggered a serious risk of famine that will kill up to 50,000 children within months if immediate action is not taken, the UN warned April 11. The African country has experienced high levels of malnutrition since it gained independence in 2011, and conditions have worsened since ethnic conflict broke out between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and supporters of his former deputy Riek Machar. The Unicef estimates that 3.7 million people in South Sudan are at risk of “food insecurity.” The worse is yet to come, Unicef added.

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