By Philip Buda Ladu<\/p>\n
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As the World Marks International Food Day, the United States Department of State has called on the transitional government of national unity (R-TGoNU) to take immediate action to combat food insecurity.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n In a statement issued on Wednesday to mark World Food Day observed annually on October 16, the U.S. government emphasized the need for the R-TGoNU to enhance efforts in addressing the critical issue.<\/p>\n The Department of State expressed concern over the ongoing food insecurity affecting millions of South Sudanese citizens. Despite the country’s abundant fertile land, 9 million people are currently facing acute hunger.<\/p>\n The U.S. has provided over $600 million in humanitarian aid to South Sudan in the past year, including a recent pledge of $100 million for food assistance.<\/p>\n However, the statement emphasized that many of the factors contributing to food insecurity are within the control of the South Sudan government.<\/p>\n “While climate shocks have played a role, conflict, economic volatility, and corruption are major drivers of this crisis,” the statement read. “We urge the transitional government to take immediate action to address these underlying issues and prioritize the needs of the South Sudanese people.”<\/p>\n The U.S. called on the government to use public revenue transparently to support food security initiatives and implement reforms to improve governance and economic stability.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Philip Buda Ladu As the World Marks International Food Day, the United States Department of State has called on the transitional government of national unity (R-TGoNU) to take immediate action to combat food insecurity. In a statement issued on Wednesday to mark World Food Day observed annually on[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":29726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/School-feeding-in-Jamjang-by-UNHCR-and-Partners.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29727,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29725\/revisions\/29727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}