This is the first time in the course of the conflict a famine-alert has been issued. Tens-of-thousands have been killed in the largely ethnic-violence, and an estimated two million people have been forced from their homes.
WFP imekuwa ikitoa misaada ya chakula kwa watu milioni 1.5 katika eneo la Sudan Kusini na pia kusaidia jamii kurejea maisha ya kawaida baada ya miaka mingi ya mapigano na mizozo. Amemuacha mjane na watoto wawili.