ESAT News (June 21, 2017)
South Sudan is no longer classified as being in famine following an increase in aid, the BBC quoted a UN-backed report as saying.
In February a famine was declared in South Sudan, the first in the world since 201.
The BBC report however said the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said that 1.7 million people are still facing emergency levels of hunger, one step below famine.
“I do urge caution, as this does not mean we have turned the corner on averting famine,” UN humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien told a meeting in Geneva.
“Across South Sudan, more people are on the brink of famine today than were in February.”
In Ethiopia, 7.8 million people face the threat of starvation as aid agencies warn that food reserve will run out at the end of this month. The Ethiopian regime meanwhile insists that there is enough food in the reserve to feed the drought stricken people mainly in the Somali region of Eastern Ethiopia.