A deadly mix of conflict, climate change, and poverty has pushed 2.3 million children aged under 5 in South Sudan into life-threatening acute malnutrition, with rates soaring just months after foreign governments announced the slashing of funds to the world's poorest countries, Save the Children said.

At least 55,000 children supported by Save the Children in Somalia will lose access to life-saving nutrition services by June, as the reduction in foreign aid force 121 Save the Children-supported nutrition centers to close.