Hunger People of South Sudan

24 Dec., Kathmandu : Elizabeth Girosdh breastfeeds her eight-month old twins in a health clinic in Pibor, South Sudan. Her children are severely malnourished and she sometimes doesn’t have enough breastmilk to feed. South Sudan is one of four countries with areas that could slip into famine, the United Nations has warned, along with Yemen, Burkina Faso and northeastern Nigeria.

Kallayn Keneng , foreground right, sits on the ground with three women, who all have lost chidren due to starvation when they were displaced from their villages due to fighting, in Lekuangole, South Sudan. After nearly a week of hiding from conflict, Keneng watched two of her young children die. They had cried for food but she had nothing to give. Now the 40-year-old is one of more than 30,000 people said to be in likely famine.

AP Photo/Sam Mednick