South Sudan declares famine in parts of war-torn country
File photo taken on October 11, 2016 shows a mother breastfeeding her child suffering from acute malnutrition at the clinic run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Aweil, northern Bahr al-Ghazal, South Sudan. The government declared famine on February 20, 2017 in parts of the country following more than three years of war. AFP PHOTO
South Sudan's government said Monday that more than three years of war have led to famine in parts of the nation, a tragedy aid agencies criticised as "man-made".
Isaiah Chol Aruai, the chairman of South Sudan National Bureau of Statistics, said some parts of the northern Greater Unity region "are classified in famine, or... risk of famine".
