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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kaamil Ahmed

South Sudan ‘failed’ by international aid system as food crisis intensifies

South Sudanese refugees repair their hut in flooded waters  at a refugee camp in al-Qanaa in southern Sudan.
Refugees repair their flooded hut in al-Qanaa camp, South Sudan. Local NGOs are best placed to help but are frustrated by funding problems. Photograph: Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty Images

South Sudan is facing the world’s most severe food insecurity crisis, yet the local groups most effective at delivering aid are not being directly funded, according to a new report.

Only 0.4% of humanitarian funding meant for food is directly channelled towards South Sudanese NGOs, despite them being the most effective at tackling hunger, according to the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (Cafod).

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