South Sudan is no longer classified as being in famine following an increase in aid, a UN-backed report says.
However, the report warns that the situation remains desperate as the number of people at risk of starvation has increased in the last month.
The famine was announced in February.
“Across South Sudan, more people are on the brink of famine today than were in February.”UN humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien told a meeting in Geneva.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report says that 1.7 million people are still facing emergency levels of hunger, one step below famine.
The United Nations says the world is facing its biggest humanitarian crisis since the end of World War Two, with a total of nearly 20 million people facing starvation.