Food assistance was provided to 1.88 million people in August, with 1.7 million crisis-affected individuals receiving aid through the distribution cycle. This represents 77 percent of the targeted 2.2 million people. A nutrition crisis is worsening, with high global acute malnutrition rates reported.

Rates of 28.8 percent and 36.2 percent were found in certain areas, exceeding emergency thresholds. Factors driving the crisis include food insecurity, disease, displacement, and flooding. Further information on the situation and response efforts is available from the WFP South Sudan Country Brief for September 2026.