A quarter of Africans are at risk of experiencing hunger due to climate change, conflict and rising food and fuel prices, reported Reuters. The International Committee of the Red Cross estimated about 346 million people in Africa are at risk of hunger.
ICRC’s global operations director, Dominik Stillhart, said food insecurity has hit many countries where the organization is working and people are affected by armed conflict causing them to “tip into famine-like conditions.”
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More on the conflicts from Reuters:
Two years of conflict in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region has left millions facing famine-like conditions and created a hunger crisis in neighbouring regions.
Insurgencies in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria have also deepened food insecurity in West Africa, which now faces its worst food crisis on record.
Stillhart told Reuters the same countries dealing with conflict such as South Sudan and Somalia are also those affected by climate change . He added that about 90 percent of Somalia is experiencing drought at the moment.
Reuters reported the drought killed 650,000 livestock, causing a blow to families who relied on animals to make money. Additionally, the United Nations World Food Programme reported that 1.4 million children under five could become malnourished if this year’s rain doesn’t materialize for the country.
Source: Hunger Crisis in Africa Affects Over 300 Million People
