Experts warn of famine risk in South Sudan

 Women and children wait to be registered prior to a food distribution carried out in Thonyor, Leer State, South Sudan on February 26, 2017.

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Famine is looming over parts of South Sudan as conflict, displacement and disease combine to push thousands of families into an abyss.

The situation is especially dire in Upper Nile state, where violence has raged since February between the White Army militia and the government forces.