Women in the village of Rubkuai in Greater Unity State on February 16, 2017.

Jose Graziano Da Silva
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Director-General

Ertharin Cousin 
World Food Programme, Executive Director 

Anthony Lake
UNICEF, Executive Director 

21 February 2017, Rome - The latest food security analysis in South Sudan has led to a declaration of famine in Leer and Mayendit counties in Greater Unity region. Two other counties are at risk of famine. The lives of some 100,000 people are threatened.