skip to contentAdvertisementAccording to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, no food aid has reached a conflict-hit area of South Sudan this year.By: Express Web Desk November 6, 2025 12:44 AM IST First published on: Nov 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM IST ShareWhatsapptwitterFacebookSouth Sudan has faced repeated bouts of violent conflict since its independence from the Republic of Sudan in 2011. (Photo: Reuters)The Donald Trump administration on Wednesday said that the United States is ending the temporary protected status (TPS) for South Sudanese nationals. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), South Sudanese living in the country will now have a 60-day grace period to leave the United States before facing deportation starting in early January.What is temporary protected status?The TPS program is a humanitarian designation under US law for countries stricken by war, natural disaster or other catastrophes, allowing recipients living in the United States protection from deportation and access to work permits.Women wait for cash assistance and dry grain from the U.N. World Food Program in Gendrassa refugee camp, Maban, South Sudan. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly, File)South Sudan conflictSouth Sudanese nationals had enjoyed TPS in the US for the past 14 years. South Sudan has faced repeated bouts of violent conflict since its independence from the Republic of Sudan in 2011, with a civil war between 2013 and 2018 leaving 400,000 people dead.According to the DHS, there are around 5,000 South Sudanese nationals currently living in the US. DHS, in its notice on Wednesday, said South Sudan no longer met the conditions for the designation.No food has reached South Sudan this yearThis is despite the fact that a UN-backed hunger monitor said this week that food insecurity and malnutrition in the country remained “extremely high”.DHS, in its notice on Wednesday, said South Sudan no longer met the conditions for TPS designation. (Photo: AP)According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a global monitor, no food aid has reached a conflict-hit area of South Sudan this year despite growing fears that it is headed toward famine.Most ReadThe report estimates that 28,000 people in Nasir and Fangak counties face “catastrophic food insecurity,” the most severe level of hunger.“ An immediate and large-scale response” is required, it said.The IPC is the only globally recognized framework for declaring a famine. It considers an area to be in famine when three things occur: Deaths from malnutrition-related causes reach at least two people, or four children under age 5, per 10,000; at least one in five people or households severely lack food and face starvation; and at least 30% of children under age 5 suffer from acute malnutrition based on a weight-to-height measurement — or 15% based on upper-arm circumference.The last famine in South Sudan was declared in 2017 during the country’s civil war. Now, more than half the country’s population is expected to face severe hunger in 2026, according to the IPC.AdvertisementAdvertisementLoading Taboola...