IMPACT OF SOUTH SUDAN’S WAR ON FOOD SITUATION

Juba, South Sudan | 1^st July 2014

As more than 50 percent of South Sudanese live below the poverty line, only wealthy individuals can access safe and nutritious food which is largely imported from East Africa, Ethiopia and Sudan. The majority of people cannot.

Food sellers complain that they are forced to charge high costs for their wares due to duty charges and the expense of moving food along difficult routes. Simon Jungu, a Ugandan food exporter to South Sudan explains that he pays hefty taxes to transport produce...For further reading go to Impact of South Sudan war on food situation

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