HUNGER IS EXPECTED TO RISE IN 23 GLOBAL HOTSPOTS, NEW REPORT WARNS

Sun 01 August 2021:

In a recent development, two UN agencies warned on Friday that hunger is likely to worsen in 23 global hotspots over the next three months, with the highest alarms for “catastrophic” situations in Ethiopia’s troubled Tigray area, southern Madagascar, Yemen, South Sudan, and northern Nigeria.

The Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Program, in a new report on “Hunger Hotspots” between August and November said that “acute food insecurity is likely to further deteriorate.”

They have placed Ethiopia at the top of the list, claiming that the number of people risking famine and death will grow to 401,000. If humanitarian relief is not delivered swiftly, this will be the biggest number since the 2011 famine in Somalia.

In southern Madagascar, which has been hit by the worst drought in the past 40 years, 14,000 people are expected to be pushed into “catastrophic” acute food insecurity. This will be further marked by starvation and death by September.

Also, this number is expected to double by the end of the year with 28,000 people needing urgent help, the two agencies said.
FAO and WFP in the report said, “Acute hunger is increasing not only in scale but also severity”.

The report further added, “Overall, over 41 million people worldwide are now at risk of falling into famine or famine-like conditions, unless they receive immediate life and livelihood-saving assistance”.

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