Global food price rises, low harvests, climate change and conflict mean concerted action is needed by African Heads of State meeting this week in Equatorial Guinea to build long-term resilience.
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Global food price rises, low harvests, climate change and conflict mean concerted action is needed by African Heads of State meeting this week in Equatorial Guinea to build long-term resilience.
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These countries all had parts of populations identified or projected to experience starvation and death (Catastrophe, IPC Phase 5), requiring the most urgent attention, according to FAO and WFP.
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This number is a significant increase from 235 million people a year ago. The UN and partner organizations aim to assist 183 million people across 63 countries, which will require $41 billion.
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Over half a million people in four countries (Ethiopia, Madagascar, South Sudan and Yemen) are experiencing catastrophic food insecurity and more than 41 million are on the edge of famine.
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The global hunger crisis is clearly reaching a tipping point, and the window to avert famine and devastatingly high levels of acute hunger in multiple countries is closing fast.
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Efforts to fight a global surge in acute food insecurity are being stymied in several countries by fighting and blockades that cut off life-saving aid to families on the brink of famine, warn FAO and WFP.
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For the next six months, WFP requires $4.5 billion. The consequences of inaction and funding shortfalls will be measured in lost lives and setbacks in progress towards long-term development goals.
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Conflict, economic shocks – including due to COVID-19, extreme weather – pushed at least 155 million people into acute food insecurity in 2020, says coalition of UN, EU, NGOs and government agencies.
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The situation may worsen in the coming months especially between June and August. The socio-economic impacts of Covid-19 have become wider and deeper particularly in developing countries.
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Yemen, South Sudan and northern Nigeria top the list and face catastrophic levels of acute hunger, with pockets of South Sudan and Yemen already in the grip of - or at risk of - starvation and death.
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More than 34 million people across the world are in IPC Phase 4 and facing emergency levels of acute food insecurity are highly vulnerable to famine without urgent immediate life-saving action.
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More than 10 million children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, northeast Nigeria, the Central Sahel, South Sudan and Yemen will suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, the agency said.
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A new report from IRC shows Yemen is the country most at risk of humanitarian catastrophe in 2021, for the third year in a row, followed by Afghanistan, Syria, DR Congo and Ethiopia.
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With the potential risk of famine in Yemen and South Sudan, Save the Children is calling for an urgent and large-scale global response to help avert a humanitarian catastrophe.
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Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, DR Congo, Nigeria, South Sudan, Yemen will each receive a share of $80 million. An extra $20 million set aside for anticipatory action to fight hunger in Ethiopia.
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The pandemic has driven up food insecurity and increased vulnerability among migrants, families reliant on remittances and communities forced from their homes by conflict, violence and disasters.
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Burkina Faso in the Sahel, northeastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen contain areas that could soon slip into famine if conditions there undergo “any further deterioration over the coming months”.
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"There is a grave danger that many more people will die from the broader economic and social consequences of COVID-19 than from the virus itself, especially in Africa," warns David Beasley.
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"We join in the UN’s call ... to step up support for countries hit by conflict, particularly Yemen, DRC, Nigeria and South Sudan where ... millions ... are being threatened by violence" and COVID-19.
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While the greatest need is in Africa, countries in Latin America, Caribbean and Middle East and Asia - including middle-income countries - are also being ravaged by crippling levels of food insecurity.