Looting and attacks on aid workers rise as hunger adds to unrest in South Sudan

Norwegian Refugee Council staff hand out food in Ezo, South Sudan. Insecurity is fuelling violence as communities fend for themselves, agencies warn. Photograph: Ingrid Prestetun/NRC

Looting of emergency food supplies and attacks on aid workers are rising in South Sudan, where hunger is worsening unrest.

A security vacuum is fuelling the violence as communities take up arms to fend for themselves amid unprecedented food shortages, aid agencies have warned.