(FILES) A worker sits atop sacks of food aid in a hangar where supplies are piling up because deliveries are halted due to insecurity from the conflict, at a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse in Bor, Jonglei State, on February 13, 2026. Hundreds of thousands displaced by conflict in South Sudan are increasingly forced to sell part of their rations to pay for basic needs at a time when the economy has almost entirely collapsed. One of the world's poorest countries, South Sudan has been mired in corruption and civil war for much of its existence since gaining independence in 2011. When US President Donald Trump ordered the shutdown of USAID last year, South Sudan lost a huge chunk of its humanitarian support at a time when nearly two-thirds of the population -- some 7.9 million people -- face acute hunger. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP via Getty Images)