Pope appeals for urgent food aid for famine-stricken South Sudan

Pope Francis has called for urgent humanitarian aid for the starving people of South Sudan, saying millions risked being 'condemned to death' by a famine in parts of the war-ravaged country. This comes after UN aid agencies had declared that famine in South Sudan has left 100,000 people on the verge of starvation and almost 5 million people, more than 40% of the country's population, in need of