South Sudan's English Daily Newspaper
"We Dare where others fear"
The newly released Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), has put the number of people expected to face severe hunger in 2025 at 7.7 million compared to 7.1 million this year.
This increase which represents 57 percent of the entire population, should call for concerted efforts to ensure adequate humanitarian response, removing unnecessary hindrances to humanitarian organizations.
The hunger situation has been exacerbated by a combination of climatic shocks such as severe floods, drought and also sub-national violence including the ongoing conflict in neighboring Sudan.
The massive influx of refugees and returnees fleeing ongoing fighting in Sudan has put pressure on meager resources among host communities.
The transitional unity government should support humanitarian organizations to deliver vital humanitarian services to the people in need.
This calls for removing the many check points that delay delivery of assistance, and also removing some of the taxes imposed on humanitarian aid organizations.
The IPC also indicates that the impact of concurrent crises in South Sudan is far reaching with the overall number of people facing acute food insecurity projected to increase to almost 7.7 million (57 percent of the population) through the next lean season, up from 7.1 million this year.
