UN agencies warn South Sudan funding crisis pushes 7.8 million people toward acute hunger as aid groups ration assistance to those facing catastrophe-level food insecurity

Two UN agencies warned that South Sudan is approaching a critical hunger tipping point as escalating conflict, climate shocks, and a severely underfunded aid budget have pushed the nation into its gravest food crisis since independence. The IPC projects 7.8 million people, or 55 percent of the population, in Crisis-level hunger or worse between April and July 2026.