South Sudan: Farmers Risk Lashes as War Decimates South Sudan Breadbasket

Jan 17, 2018 | Okech Francis, Bloomberg
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Equatoria was once South Sudan’s breadbasket, producing the corn, sorghum and vegetables that fed the nation, including the oil-rich north where famine hit last year. Since fighting spread to Equatoria in mid-2016, output has collapsed, adding to what charity Oxfam International says is the likelihood of the country’s worst-ever hunger this year. The conflict that began in the world’s youngest nation in December 2013 has claimed tens of thousands of lives.