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Radio France Internationale
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Paul Myers

Nearly eight million at risk of starvation in South Sudan

Children collect grain spilt on the field following a WFP food drop from a plane at a village in Ayod county, South Sudan. AFP - TONY KARUMBA

Three United Nations agencies say up to eight million people in South Sudan could face severe food shortages between now and next year's harvests as a result of floods, drought and conflict.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation, the UN Children's Fund Unicef and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said Thursday the shortages between April and July may be worse than what the country suffered at the height of a civil war between 2013 and 2016.

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