UN URGES FOR ECONOMIC AID TO REFUGEES IN SOUTH SUDAN – Dramatic situation in the country

An increase in the amount of aid to South Sudan has been made by the UN in order to meet the needs of people in the war zone.

UN agencies have almost doubled the amount they are asking for South Sudanese refugees in 2017 saying they need at least $ 1.4 billion to help alleviate the “unimaginable” suffering of these people.

The UN refugee agency and the World Food Program had earlier asked for $ 1.2 billion to help more than 1.8 million people fleeing the war. But funding even this amount so far is only 14%, said the services in a joint statement.

“The suffering of the people of South Sudan is unimaginable … These people are near the abyss,” said World Bureau of World Food Program Director David Bisley.