The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that a 'Super El Niño' is deepening the hunger crisis in South Sudan, with 7.8 million South Sudanese facing high levels of acute food insecurity. El Niño is already threatening farming output, while Sudan's war is driving more refugees and returnees into South Sudan. Funding shortages and access constraints threaten life-saving food assistance. Matthew Hollingworth, WFP Assistant Executive Director for Programme Operations, said that conflict, displacement, economic hardship, climate shocks, and the situation in neighbouring Sudan are all converging to push millions of people deeper into vulnerability. Some 7.8 million people, or more than half of the country's population, struggle to find enough food each day, while 2.2 million children and 1.2 million pregnant and breastfeeding mothers require urgent nutrition support. A further million vulnerable people could lose access to life-saving food and nutrition assistance by October without additional funding.
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