Works · South Sudan

At the edge of the world

8.3 million in need; an illiteracy rate up to 98%.

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The emergency in South Sudan is currently one of the most severe in the world: more than 8.3 million people — of which 4.5 million are children — need humanitarian assistance. The two civil wars, which lasted seven years, caused over 400,000 deaths, 4 million displaced people and the complete destruction of infrastructures and basic services. The effects of climate change worsen the situation of the world's youngest nation: floods and droughts alternate cyclically, exponentially damaging agriculture for local communities. The crisis that broke out in April in neighbouring Sudan has further worsened a country dependent on Khartoum imports. The worst situation is registered in rural areas — the focus of this reportage — where poverty has incremented negative survival strategies: precocious and forced marriages, school dropout, illiteracy rates between 95 and 98 percent of the population.

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