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South Sudan: Thousands risk starvation amid Nile blockade
Still waiting: Internally displaced women and children wait for their food ration after an humanitarian airdrop by World Food Programme (WFP) in a small locality in Mayendit County of Unity State on July 25, 2015
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Still waiting: Internally displaced women and children wait for their food ration after an humanitarian airdrop by World Food Programme (WFP) in a small locality in Mayendit County of Unity State on July 25, 2015. (AFP/Charles Lomodong) (WFP) in a small locality in Mayendit County of Unity State on July 25, 2015. (AFP/Charles Lomodong)
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span class="inline inline-center">Still waiting: Internally displaced women and children wait for their food ration after an humanitarian airdrop by World Food Programme (WFP) in a small locality in Mayendit County of Unity State on July 25, 2015. (AFP/Charles Lomodong)
Aid agencies say thousands of civilians in South Sudan's Upper Nile state face starvation after the government blocked aid groups from using the Nile River to deliver relief food.
The river is a transportation lifeline in a country with few all-weather roads or airstrips, but it currently forms the frontline in Upper Nile between rebel forces on the west side and government forces on the east.
Military spokesman Col. Philip Aguer said Nile transport was "temporarily put on hold" for security purposes because the river was used by the rebels to attack army bases along the river.
Tapiwa Gomo, a spokeswoman for the U.N's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said Friday 30,000 to 35,000 displaced civilians in the west bank village of Wau Shilluk face a "worrying" situation. (++++)
