Thousands of internally displaced people are in dire need of food aid in South Sudan’s Amadi State, according to a local camp official.

Nearly 4,878 people were displaced from their home village of Kediba and are now sheltering at a land owned by the Episcopal Church of Mundri Diocese.

Alex Ezbon, a member of IDPs camp management, told Radio Tamazuj on Monday that the IDPs last received food rations in June and since then they have had an acute lack of food.

One of the IDPs said they have resorted to eat wild fruits and agricultural seeds meant for planting. “We eat seeds due to hunger, we wash these seeds and use them as food,” he said.

Loiz John, a women representative and member of camp management, urged aid agencies to provide food for the IDPs saying women and children are the most affected by the conflict in Amadi State.

Over the past months, about 80 people have died of hunger in Amadi State.