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- More than 63.5 million people are facing food insecurity in East Africa.
- Over three million people have fled war-torn Sudan, while11 million remain internally displaced in the country.
- Double whammy of conflict, and bad weather crises are exasperating food insecurity in the region.
The World Food Program (WFP) has raised concern that food security and poor nutrition in East Africa is taking an “alarming” tangent in a region where a double whammy of conflict and poor weather patterns are conspiring, pushing millions at risk.
WFP says that as of October, more than 63.5 million people were under food insecurity in Eastern Africa with the situation particularly dire in conflict stricken countries such as Sudan.
The UN agency stated that conflict, inflation, disease outbreaks and poor access to nutritious diets as well as poor access to safe drinking water are to blame for the worsening state of food security and nutrition …