Famine was declared in South Sudan’s Unity State counties of Mayendit and Leer in early 2017. Although this Famine was reversed through increased humanitarian assistance, subsequent updates from the Integrated Phase Food Security Classification (IPC) for South Sudan have continued to highlight the risk of Famine in different parts of the country. The January IPC […]
Food insecurity continues to worsen across South Sudan despite ongoing humanitarian efforts. According to the latest IPC release, as of January 48% of the South Sudanese population, 5.3 million people, are facing Crisis and Emergency (IPC Phases 3 and 4) acute food insecurity. Over 1 million people are in Emergency Phase, a 40% increase since […]
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) for September 2017 estimates that 6 million South Sudanese (56% of the total population) are food insecure with 40,000 facing a humanitarian catastrophe. A severe deterioration of the food security situation was identified not only in the access to food, but also in the geographic spread of counties […]
Since July 2016, fighting has been spreading across South Sudan’s Greater Equatoria region and Western Bahr el Ghazal state, disrupting livelihood activities and displacing hundreds of thousands from their homes. The June-July IPC Global Alert on South Sudan estimates that 6 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. However, persistent insecurity and logistical constrains […]
