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Maytaal Angel and Paul Carrel

BIZARRE: World food programme suspends some food aid in south sudan as funds dry up | Mind Blowing Facts

FILE PHOTO: Men carry bags of food while women wait for their rations at the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) food distribution site in Pibor, South Sudan, June 25, 2012. REUTERS/Adriane Ohanesian/File Photo

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday it had suspended some food aid in South Sudan due to a funding shortage - heightening the risk of starvation for 1.7 million people.

The move to suspend aid to almost a third of the 6.2 million people in South Sudan the WFP had planned to assist this year comes as global food prices soar amid the Russia-Ukraine war, leaving humanitarian agencies with funding shortfalls.

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