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    Millions of children at ‘imminent’ risk of death as famine hits South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia, and Yemen

    MILLIONS of people — including 1.4 million children — are at risk of dying as a severe famine takes hold in four countries.

    Urgent action must be taken now if the world is to avoid a repeat of previous disasters.

    That is the stark warning which has today been issued by UN officials and UNICEF who said the world can no longer afford to ignore starvation.

    According to UNICEF almost 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition could die this year as famine hits Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen.

    The crisis has been declared as the first new famine in six years.

    As fears grow that the famine could spread even further, one official has already warned “our worst fears have been realised.”

    UNICEF reveal not only is the disaster expected to grow but aid agencies may already be too late.

    The four countries don’t border each other, and each have different issues as to why their people are suffering.

    In Yemen, where war has been raging for two years, 462,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition.

    Two regions of Nigeria in Western Africa have been hit, with around 450,000 children are severely malnourished.

    Fews Net, the famine early warning system, said some remote areas of Nigeria’s Borno state have been affected by famine since late last year and the disaster is likely to continue as aid agencies are unable to reach people.

    Drought in Somalia has left 185,000 children on the brink of famine but that figure is expected to reach 270,000 in the next few months, UNICEF said.

    In South Sudan, the problem is partially man-made — as the displacement of people has meant fertile land has been left unfarmed.

    More than 270,000 children in the new country are malnourished and a famine has just been declared in parts of Unity State in the north of the country, where 20,000 children live.

    UNICEF director Anthony Lake appealed for quick action. “We can still save many lives,” he said.

    UN Security Council ambassadors are due to travel to northern Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger next month to draw international attention to the humanitarian crisis triggered by the conflict with Boko Haram militants

    ‘WORST FEARS REALISED’

    South Sudan, which has already declared famine in some parts of the country, is mired in an economic crisis due to a devastating civil war.

    Independent since 2011, the world’s newest country was engulfed by civil war in 2013 after President Salva Kiir accused his rival and former deputy Riek Machar of plotting a coup against him.

    The conflict has left tens of thousands dead and more than three million displaced.

    Now a bigger crisis looms.

    Famine has been declared in two counties of South Sudan, according to an announcement by the South Sudan government and three UN agencies.

    The official classification of famine highlights the human suffering caused by South Sudan’s three-year civil war and even as it is declared President Salva Kiir’s government is blocking food aid to some areas, according to UN officials.

    More than 100,000 people in two counties of Unity state are experiencing famine and there are fears that the famine will spread as an additional 1 million South Sudanese are on the brink of starvation.

    Serge Tissot, head of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation in South Sudan urged immediate action over the crisis.

    “Our worst fears have been realised,” he said.

    Mr Tissor said the war has disrupted the otherwise fertile country, causing civilians to rely on “whatever plants they can find and fish they can catch.”

    Roughly 5.5 million people, or about 50 per cent of South Sudan’s population, are expected to be severely food insecure and at risk of death in the coming months.

    Almost three-quarters of all households in the country suffer from inadequate food.

    ‘MANY WILL DIE’

    Jeremy Hopkins, head of the UN children’s agency in South Sudan said it urgent food aid reached people immediately.

    If food aid does not reach them “many of them will die,” he said.

    More than 250,000 children are already severely malnourished Mr Hopkins said, meaning they are at risk of death.

    It is not the first time South Sudan has experienced starvation. When it fought for independence from Sudan in 1998, the territory suffered from a famine spurred by civil war.

    Anywhere from 70,000 to several hundred thousand people died during that famine.

    However Monday’s declaration of starvation is solely South Sudan’s creation, and a UN official blamed the country’s politicians for the humanitarian crisis.

    “This famine is man-made, ”said Joyce Luma, head of the World Food Program in South Sudan. “There is only so much that humanitarian assistance can achieve in the absence of meaningful peace and security.”

    South Sudan’s widespread hunger has been compounded by an economic crisis as well with the country experiencing severe inflation.

    The value of its currency has plummeted 800 per cent in the past year, which has made food unaffordable for many families.


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    Africa should be retaken by european countries

    That's unacceptable

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lobera View Post
    Africa should be retaken by european countries

    That's unacceptable
    Then don't be surprised if they decide to immigrate to your country.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lobera View Post
    Africa should be retaken by european countries

    That's unacceptable
    Africa should manage their own life and destiny and accept the responsability and consecuences of their acts.

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