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Written Question
South Sudan: Humanitarian Situation
Wednesday 18th June 2014

Asked by: David Rutley (Conservative - Macclesfield)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in South Sudan.

Answered by Baroness Featherstone

DFID is deeply concerned about the man-made tragedy in South Sudan. The UN estimates 1.1 million people are displaced within the country and almost 370,000 are refugees. Food security is deteriorating with the risk of famine. Four million people are in need of assistance.