The latest  Integrated Food Security Phase Classification   report on South Sudan offers a damning indictment of the immense suffering to civilians caused by the country’s warring parties. The report, issued on April 28, warns that the situation is worse than anticipated, with 7.8 million people in desperate need of food aid.  It notes that 73,000 people are facing starvation and death in Upper Nile and Jonglei states, where fighting between government forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition  has escalated since 2025. Parts of both states are also at risk of famine.   Malnutrition rates in children paint a brutal picture. Around 2.2 million children under five, including in  Abiemnhom , are  projected to be acutely malnourished; without urgent nutrition treatment, these children are at risk of lifelong physical and cognitive harm or death from starvation.…