Browsing: Hunger crisis

• Africa bore the brunt of a global hunger crisis in 2024, with conflict and climate change driving millions of children into acute malnutrition and food insecurity.
• Urgent action is needed to address systemic issues like war and conflict, climate adaptation, and inequality, as hunger continues to rob children of their futures in 2025.
• With coordinated efforts, sustainable solutions can break the cycle and restore hope for vulnerable communities.

As Africa welcomes 2025, a new analysis by Save the Children shows that hunger crisis continued its relentless grip on the continent, with at least 18.2 million children worldwide born into hunger—a rate of 35 children every minute.

Analysis of U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) data showed the number of children born into hunger rose by around 5 per cent in 2024 compared to a year earlier and 19 per cent more than the 15.3 million recorded in 2019 when progress …

The United Nations has released a report indicating that there was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19.

The multi-agency report estimates that around a tenth of the global population – up to 811 million people – were undernourished last year, even though the pandemic’s impact has yet to be fully mapped.

The number suggests it will take a tremendous effort for the world to honour its pledge to end hunger by 2030.

This year’s edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World is the first global assessment of its kind in the pandemic era.

The report is jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization …