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Starlink Pleas Highlight Blocked Aid, Starvation in Nyatim

4/29/2026

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Nyatim residents used Starlink to request emergency assistance.
South Sudan authorities blocked Doctors Without Borders aid to Nyatim, which also stopped World Food Programme deliveries, leaving families without food or water.
Yashovardhan, head of Doctors Without Borders in South Sudan, said people lived on leaves and roots.
World Food Programme airdropped 415 metric tons of food to Chuil since March, prompting residents to fear the area could become a target.

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Nyatim residents used Starlink to request emergency assistance.
South Sudan authorities blocked Doctors Without Borders aid to Nyatim, which also stopped World Food Programme deliveries, leaving families without food or water.
Yashovardhan, head of Doctors Without Borders in South Sudan, said people lived on leaves and roots.
World Food Programme airdropped 415 metric tons of food to Chuil since March, prompting residents to fear the area could become a target.