About 50,000 children are at risk of death from the man-made crisis, as fighting disrupts farming and trade

A child this month in Wau Shiluk in South Sudan, about a 30-minute boat ride from the northern city of Malakal. According to UNICEF and the World Food Program, close to a third of South Sudan’s population faces “acute” or “emergency” levels of hunger and malnutrition. Thousands of children remain stranded in remote parts of the country, where they are at risk of starvation. James Sprankle/For The Washington Post