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28,000 people face starvation in South Sudan: minister

A mother shows her remaining stock of food as her children look on at their shelter at an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camp at Barmayen village in Aweil State, South Sudan on November 22, 2017. A minister has announced that more than 20,000 people in the state are currently facing serious starvation. PHOTO | AFP

By  JOHN ADUKATA

Some 28,000 people are facing serious starvation in South Sudan’s Aweil State, a minister has said.

Those in the rural areas are most at risk, Aweil State Minister of Agriculture John Amar Akook added.

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