UN to discuss South Sudan humanitarian crisis

People wait to be registered as displaced persons in a South Sudan Red Cross compound in Wau in the northwest of the country on July 1, 2016. The United Nations will hold a meeting to discuss on the growing humanitarian situation in war-torn South Sudan. FILE PHOTO | AFP

The United Nations will hold a meeting on the growing humanitarian situation in war-torn South Sudan, official said.

The Special Representative of UN Secretary-General to South Sudan, Mr David Shearer, said in a statement on Thursday that the September 20 meeting would assess the current humanitarian situation.