South Sudan’s starving mothers can’t feed babies

People in South Sudan are starving. Many young mothers cannot produce enough milk to feed their babies because drought and economic hardship has caused a famine.

The country is still dealing with a war. The closed borders make it hard for aid to arrive and many are in need of food.

JThese two years are the worst years that I have ever seen in my life. So without humanitarian intervention, 40 percent of the population will die, definitely,” said James Maywien Aror, relief and rehabilitation commissioner.

Aid workers bringing food were surprised at the extent of the suffering.

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