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People who have been forced to flee due to violence gather in Jonglei State, South Sudan.
Thursday, August 06, 2026 UN News Nearly eight million people in South Sudan – more than half the population – face crisis-level hunger, with famine risk now flagged in four counties, as the Security Council meets this morning in New York. A cholera outbreak has killed more than 1,700 people, and some aid workers are being killed and abducted even as they try to reach those most at risk. Follow live coverage below.
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<p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/08/06/43758">Security Council LIVE: Warnings of famine and collapse as South Sudan's peace deal frays</a>, <cite>Inter Press Service</cite>, Thursday, August 06, 2026 (posted by Global Issues)</p>… to produce this:
Security Council LIVE: Warnings of famine and collapse as South Sudan's peace deal frays , Inter Press Service , Thursday, August 06, 2026 (posted by Global Issues)
