South Sudan: UN warns of imminent famine

Three United Nations agencies warned Thursday of imminent famine in a conflict-hit region of South Sudan.

Residents of 11 of the 13 counties in South Sudan‘s Upper Nile state are now facing emergency levels of hunger, the World Food Programme, the UN Children’s Fund and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations said in a joint statement.

The Upper Nile is the scene of fighting between government troops and armed…