UN warns South Sudan refugees at risk as aid funding runs short

UN warns South Sudan refugees at risk as aid funding runs short

Two United Nations agencies warned on Friday that hundreds of thousands of refugees in South Sudan are at risk of losing much needed humanitarian assistance due to a lack of funding.

UN: Refugees in South Sudan face extreme hunger as funds run out - Radio Tamazuj

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that more than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing further access to lifesaving food, nutrition and other assistance due to critical funding shortfalls, leaving families who fled war and hunger with nowhere else to turn. A joint press release extended to Radio Tamazuj said that without immediate and urgent funding, the fina…