Days after the World Food Programme warned that South Sudan was facing the worst food insecurity in the country's history, the UN Security Council has expressed its grave concern at the unfolding humanitarian crisis in that country. This comes after the South Sudanese Government expelled the UN's deputy Special Representative to the country over claims he was undermining the their sovereignty. The Council slammed the decision as showing a disregard for the plight of the South Sudanese people and for the essential role the international community, particularly the United Nations is playing to alleviate the country's plight