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South Sudan faces total food aid cutoff as famine looms for refugees and children

Currently, only the most vulnerable receive support - and only half rations. In just a few weeks, the food is expected to run out completely. South Sudanese refugees have fled war and conflict, but now they are threatened with starvation. The children here have no one but us, says WFP staff member Tomson Phiri in Juba.

Over 70 shot dead at gold mine outside Juba

More than 70 people were shot dead at a gold mine outside Juba, the capital of South Sudan.

Hundreds killed in attack on rural South Sudan village

Humanitarian Crisis Deepens as Refugees Flee Sudan to South Sudan

Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing a raging war end up in perhaps the world's poorest country. Many of them have previously moved in the opposite direction. And soon there will be no help to get. That's what we're seeing now – people are dying, says Joel Andersson, who works for UNHCR in South Sudan.

South Sudan's Vice President Riek Machar Arrested, UN Warns of Conflict

South Sudan's Vice President Riek Machar, rival to the country's President Salva Kiir, was arrested on Wednesday. The country may be on the brink of a new civil war, warns the UN's peacekeeping forces.

Many dead as plane crashes in South Sudan