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Sudan: Eastern Equatorial State calls for urgent help to counter imminent famine

The Minister of Information in Eastern Equatorial State, Ben Loki, said the state is in dire need of food aid. Loki told Miraya FM that some citizens fled their homes due to starvation. The minister urged humanitarian NGOs and the Government of South Sudan for an immediate intervention to rescue the escalating humanitarian situation.