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South Sudan insecurity forces WFP to halt food aid

  • Suspension affects some 235,000 people

  • Region beset by violence ahead of secession

By Jeremy Clarke

JUBA, Sudan, April 27 (Reuters) - The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday it had suspended operations in two states in South Sudan because of insecurity, deepening the region's crisis ahead of its independence in July.

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