WFP Chief Warns of Africa Food Shortages

World Food Programme (WFP) executive director Ertharin Cousin says food insecurity in Malakal, South Sudan is increasing as over a million homeless have fled the violence. After an inspection of the northeastern town which once had a population of about 140,000, Cousin said, “What we saw in Malakal was a ghost town, a city where all of the residents have abandoned their homes because of the threat of violence and are now living either in the UN facility, or they are walking trying to find...

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