South Sudan: Lifesaving Humanitarian Supply Route Cut in South Sudan, Leaving Malnourished Children At Risk

S.Sudan clashes stopping aid reaching 60,000 malnourished children: UN

Intense fighting in South Sudan has prevented desperately needed food from reaching some 60,000 malnourished children for almost a month, the United Nations said on Thursday. In a joint statement the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nation's children's agency, UNICEF, warned that escalating fighting along the White Nile river -- a major transport route -- has meant "no humanitarian supplies have reached the area in almost a month".

South Sudan: Lifesaving Humanitarian Supply Route Cut in South Sudan, Leaving Malnourished Children At Risk

Juba -- More than 60,000 malnourished children in South Sudan's Upper Nile state are at risk of plunging deeper into malnutrition as treatment supplies run critically low and resupply efforts are hampered, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF warned today. Intensified fighting along the White Nile river has meant no humanitarian supplies have reached the area in almost a month. The river is the main humanitarian supply corrid…