South Sudan, a country of 12.5 million people, has been engaged in a civil war since 2013. Just about everyone has been dramatically affected. Nearly 400,000 people have died in the war. 2 million people have been internally displaced and more than 2.5 million have fled the country. About 6 million people, or about 60% of the population, are severely food insecure, and another 1.7 million people are facing a looming famine.
Under Obama, we got involved by supporting one side of the civil war, that of the president. Trump has largely ignored it until recently when the United Nations Security Council voted to finally impose an arms embargo on the country.
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