WFP, Nov. 6, 2020
Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme identify 20 countries as hunger hotspots, with Burkina Faso, Yemen, Nigeria’s North East and South Sudan facing the highest threat.
Vulnerable areas in four countries could slip into famine within months if conditions deteriorate any further, according to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
South Sudan and Yemen, two of the world’s biggest ongoing food insecurity emergencies, are being joined by Nigeria’s North East and Burkina Faso in West Africa’s Sahel region, edging closer to famine.
Released today, the ‘FAO-WFP early warning analysis of acute food insecurity hotspots’ report outlines a toxic combination of conflict, economic decline, climate extremes and the COVID-19 pandemic, that is driving millions further into the emergency phase of food insecurity.
People in the four hotspots of highest concern are already experiencing a critical hunger situation, with the report warning that escalations in conflict, as well as reductions in humanitarian access, risk the onset famine.
In full: https://insight.wfp.org/risk-of-famine-in-four-countries-warns-un-agencies-report-d411a03b0600
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