Saturday October 02 2019 - The Standard | Pg 30
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), also known as Doctors without borders said seven million people in South Sudan need humanitarian assistance, while in Somalia, more than 270,000 people are displaced after the Shabelle river burst its banks.
Already, the government of South Sudan has declared a state of emergency in 27 flood-affected areas, estimated to have impacted between 800,000-900,000 people.