The ongoing conflict in South Sudan is affecting food security in some of the country's more "stable" states, the head of United Nations peacekeeping operation there has said. David Shearer, head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), meeting residents of Kuajok, the capital of Gogrial state. "This new route will allow WFP to regularly reach famine-affected people in South Sudan with food assistance and help to avert the consequences of starvation," said WFP Sudan Representative and Country Director Matthew Hollingworth. Today, the first convoy of 27 trucks carrying an initial 1,200 metric tons of sorghum started moving from El Obeid in central Sudan towards Bentiu in South Sudan. In the next few weeks, WFP plans to deliver 11,000 metric tons of sorghum - including 1,000 metric tons donated by the Government of Sudan - in seven convoys of 30 to 40 trucks.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 30, 2017 21:33 UTC