1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i South Sudans Civil War: Nearly 400,000 Estimated Dead name redacted Specialist in African Affairs Updated September 28, 2018 South Sudan, which became the worlds newest country when it split from Sudan in 2011, has been mi
2、red in civil war since December 2013. The war has had a devastating impact, displacing some 4.5 million people and fueling near-famine conditions. With over 7.1 million people severely food insecure in 2018, it is among the worlds worst humanitarian crises, and the U.N. humanitarian appeal for $1.4
3、billion in assistance is among the largest. South Sudan is one of the most dangerous environments for aid workers, with over 100 killed since the war began. The death toll from the conflict, however, has been based on guesswork, until the release of a new U.S.-funded study by the London School of Hy
4、giene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), commissioned by the U.S. Institute of Peace. Far from the often-used estimate, cited since 2014, of “at least 50,000” deaths, LSHTM experts assess that roughly 383,000 South Sudanese, including combatants, had died as a result of the war as of April 2018, based o
