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Civil war
In South Sudan, there was a civil war that happen in 2013. The war started because South Sudan declared independence from Sudan in 2011. It soon led into a big fight and violence that eventually lead to a crisis that left its citizens vulnerable. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/world/africa/south-sudan-civil-war-deaths.html -
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Food crisis
South Sudan’s harvest season became deprived in September 2017 and it’s facing an extreme food crisis. Due to the civil war, food production and markets became a wreck, and caused almost half the population to go hungry. https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2018/01/08/struggle-survive-south-sudan-s-hunger-season -
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Harvest Season
Rain also plays a factor in the reason why South Sudan is suffering from a food shortage. Due to the lack of rain, harvests in South Sudan are insufficient. This is one uncontrollable factor that is causing famine in this country. https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2018/01/08/struggle-survive-south-sudan-s-hunger-season -
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South Sudan Oil Field
The minister of the Sudan oil and gas said that once the work is done on the maintenances, the oil will be suspended when it in completed. It will also be expected to increase to 80,000 with the country oil out put of reaching 210,000 by the end of the year. Also, the fighting took place at the Toma South oilfield just over 30km from the boarder damaging the oil production facilities. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/08/south-sudan-oil-revival-boost-economic-recovery-180828071729069.html -
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Hungry Season
There has been a report of the food security situation that will deteriorated at the start of 2018 and the hungry season will arrive in three months and will be earlier then usual, if the households will likely to run out of foods. https://www.un.org/africarenewal/news/harvest-season-provides-meagre-respite-south-sudan%E2%80%99s-ongoing-hunger-crisis -
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Critical of levels malnutrition
The malnutrition has also worsened compared to last year. There are more than 1.1 million children that were under the age of five that were malnutritional in 2018, also including 300,000 malnourished people that were risk of death. So much children are going hungry in South Sudan. This puts the risk of lives that are out there in South Sudan. https://www.un.org/africarenewal/news/harvest-season-provides-meagre-respite-south-sudan%E2%80%99s-ongoing-hunger-crisis -
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Economic
In South Sudan, the failing economy also includes in food production such as markets and high food prices. The prices have gone up to 281 percent compared to last year in South Sudan. https://www.un.org/africarenewal/news/harvest-season-provides-meagre-respite-south-sudan%E2%80%99s-ongoing-hunger-crisis -
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Economics
In South Sudan, the economic suffered because of the civil war. The majority of the country's GDP comes from its oil industries, however because of civil disputes, many oil extraction operations were getting closed down. https://www.leviathanjournal.org/single-post/2018/01/21/Economy-Behind-the-Civil-War-in-South-Sudan