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100,000 starve in South Sudan famine: U.N.

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South Sudan's government is spending at least half its budget on security and weapons while 100,000 people are dying of starvation as a result of famine caused mainly by an upsurge in government military operations, U.N. experts said in a new report.

The experts monitoring U.N. sanctions in the country said an additional 1 million people are near starvation and the number of people desperately needing food is expected to rise to 5.5 million "if nothing is done to curb the severity and breadth of the food crisis." (AP)

南スーダンで10万人が餓死、国連報告書

国連の報告書によると南スーダン政府は、政権の軍事行動を主原因とする飢きんで10万もの人が餓死しているにもかかわらず、予算の半分を武器の購入に費やしているという。

The Japan Times ST: March 31, 2017