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The people of south sudan are in trouble more than two decades of north south conflict followed by over two years of factional tional fighting have further weekend and already fragile nation the insecurity has limited farmers access to plant their fields and invastated livestock resulting in inadequate food production

Today south sudan has the world's highest inflation rates

South sudan's conomomies collasistance

Its people struggle to find enough to eat and human rights violations and abuses continue with impunity that bob live it usaid deputy assistant administrator for democracy conflict and humanitariarian assistance

Today some two point five million

South sudese have fled their homes in search of food and safe haven from violence

This year half the country's popustoand over searting of food invitarian assistance

The united states is south sud's largest donor working to the us agency for international development or u sa id and collaboration with various partners

The us government has so far provided nearly one point six billion dollars in humanitarian assistance for conflict defected people in south sudan and south sudanese refugees

But the going has been tough partly

Because it is so difficult to reach many of the communities

Most in need of aid

One of the reasons is because although the parties to the conflict or obligated under the peace aggoement to allow humanititan aid to flow without interference aid workers

Continuto deal with lengthy

Negotiations

Numerous checkpoints

Along major supply routes and other obstacles

Such as informal taxation enharassment that deputy assistant administrator levit

While we have been able to reach communities

Trapped in the crossfire through the howck negotiations parties to the conflict have not yet demonstrated the political will to grant full and unfttered access itionwide

While united states is commflicted

Defected the rooof

The self south sudan get through this crisis and get back on their feet

We urge the government to prioritize humanitarian access

So that we can reach those who most need

Our help the deputy assistance administrator leave it our assistance to the people in desperate need in south sudan is saving lives

We will continue to invest in the people sousalsudan and their efforts to build on more prosperous peaceful future