21.2 C
New York
June 7, 2025
Africa Ethiopia Famine Food security Global development Humanitarian response Hunger Kenya Middle East and North Africa news Somalia United Nations World news

‘Overlapping shocks’ are undoing efforts to end hunger in Africa, UN warns

‘Overlapping shocks’ are undoing efforts to end hunger in Africa, UN warns

Urgent aid response needed as climate crisis, Covid, local conflicts and soaring fuel prices push millions more into hunger

‘We need urgent help’: Somalis displaced by drought and famine fight to survive

Decades of work to reduce hunger in Africa are being reversed as the continent struggles to cope with conflict, climate crisis and the global economic downturn, the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has warned.

About 278 million people in Africa – approximately one-fifth of the total population – went hungry in 2021, an increase of 50 million people since 2019, according to UN figures. Based on current trends, this is projected to rise to 310 million by 2030.

Continue reading…

Related posts

New Easter Island moai statue discovered in volcano crater

TheWorldsNews

Jair Bolsonaro surrenders passport in coup attempt investigation

TheWorldsNews

End of an era as Canada’s oldest ‘prairie castle’ to be dismantled

TheWorldsNews

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This