South Sudan

=== 2017 famine ===
{{Further|2017 South Sudan famine}}
On 20 February 2017 South Sudan and the United Nations declared a famine in parts of former [[Unity State]], with the warning that it could spread rapidly without further action. Over 100,000 people were affected. The [[UN World Food Programme]] said that 40% of the population of South Sudan, 4.9 million people, need food urgently.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/famine-hits-parts-south-sudan|title=Famine Hits Parts of South Sudan|date=20 February 2017|publisher=World Food Programme|access-date=21 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221105459/https://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/famine-hits-parts-south-sudan|archive-date=21 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=BBC>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-39025927|title=South Sudan declares famine in Unity State|journal=BBC News|date=20 February 2017|access-date=21 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722044156/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-39025927|archive-date=22 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> U.N. officials said that President [[Salva Kiir Mayardit]] was blocking food deliveries to some areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whio.com/news/world/famine-declared-part-south-sudan-government-and/ZT9UT22sGQUWxH1w5rIjYJ/|title=Famine declared in part of South Sudan by government and UN|date=20 February 2017|publisher=WHIO|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221105314/http://www.whio.com/news/world/famine-declared-part-south-sudan-government-and/ZT9UT22sGQUWxH1w5rIjYJ/|archive-date=21 February 2017}}</ref> Furthermore, UNICEF warned that more than 1 million children in South Sudan were subjected to malnutrition.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/20/africa/south-sudan-famine/index.html|title=Famine declared in South Sudan|first1=Farai|last1=Sevenzo|first2=Bryony|last2=Jones|website=CNN|access-date=7 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307014524/http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/20/africa/south-sudan-famine/index.html|archive-date=7 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

An outbreak of [[fall armyworm]] further threatened [[sorghum]] and maize production by July 2017.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.fao.org/south-sudan/news/detail-events/en/c/1145120/| title=FAO trains village facilitators to fight Fall Armyworm in South Sudan &#124; FAO in South Sudan &#124; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations| access-date=20 July 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720110207/http://www.fao.org/south-sudan/news/detail-events/en/c/1145120/| archive-date=20 July 2018| url-status=live}}</ref>
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