2017 South Sudan famine

2017 South Sudan famine
January 2017 map with phase classifications from "minimal" to "famine"
Country	South Sudan
Period	February 2017 – June 2017
Causes	War, drought

In the early months of 2017, parts of South Sudan experienced a famine following several years of instability in the country's food supply caused by war and drought. The famine, largely focused in the northern part of the country, affected an estimated five million people (nearly 50% of the South Sudanese population). In May 2017, the famine was officially declared to have weakened to a state of severe food insecurity.^[1][2]