Hunger levels increases in South Sudan

Hunger levels in areas of South Sudan hardest hit by conflict could reach emergency levels in the coming months, experts predict, as fighting disrupts harvests and insecurity triggers the looting of U.N. food stocks. The World Food Programme said the impact on food security of the country's month-long conflict will resonate for some time, even if a political resolution to the fighting is found soon. "So far WFP estimates that 10 percent of its food in the country has been looted - enough to feed some 180,000 people for a month," the agency said in a statement on Monday.