Thursday, September 22, 2022

Global Food Crisis Is Worsening

World food Program/UN: WFP and FAO sound the alarm as global food crisis tightens its grip on hunger hotspots 

Urgent humanitarian action needed as record numbers face starvation 

A record-high number of people across six countries are either already starving or on the brink of disaster, a new report warns today. 

The latest Hunger Hotspots reveals that an all-time high of 970,000 people are facing catastrophic levels of hunger in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen – ten times more than five years ago. Alongside Nigeria, where violence has been intensifying and hampering access to people going hungry, these are the countries of highest concern.  

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Update #1: Nearly 1 Million People Face Starvation in Hunger Hotspots - U.N. Agencies (Reuters)  

Update #2: Global Food Crisis Worsens As Hunger Hotspots Identified (Zero Hedge)  

WNU Editor: The WFP/FAO report is here .... Hunger Hotspots FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity October 2022 to January 2023 Outlook

Here is a grim statistic that is only going to get worse .... Hunger now killing one person every four seconds, NGOs say (Al Jazeera).

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