US EditionTwo-Thirds of World's Hungriest in 10 Countries
Conflict drives acute hunger for 266 million in 47 countries in 2025, with famine confirmed in Gaza and Sudan, as report highlights funding collapse.
- Friday's Global Report, released by the United Nations and European Union, found 266 million people in 47 countries experienced high levels of acute food insecurity in 2025, nearly double the share recorded in 2016.
- Conflict remains the primary driver, accounting for more than half of all people facing severe hunger, with acute food insecurity highly concentrated in 10 countries including Sudan, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- More than 85 million people were displaced across food-crisis contexts last year, while 35.5 million children suffered acute malnutrition; UNICEF spokesperson Ricardo Pires warned, "Children with severe wasting are too thin for their height."
- Humanitarian financing has fallen to levels last seen nearly a decade ago, prompting Alvaro Lario, head of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, to urge boosting local private sector investment to "making that sustainability and that development money go a longer way."
- With the outlook for 2026 described as "bleak," ongoing conflicts and climate shocks threaten to keep food insecurity at critical levels, while market disruptions in the Middle East, including the Strait of Hormuz, risk increasing food prices.
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Nigeria Named In Top 10 Countries Facing Global Food Crisis
Nigeria has been named among the top 10 countries grappling with the most severe Nigeria food crisis levels globally, as a new report highlights how regional violence is fueling a deepening global food insecurity emergency. The latest international data, released this Friday, reveals that 266 million people across 47 nations endured high levels of acute hunger throughout 2025. This figure represents nearly a quarter of the populations analysed a…
Two-thirds of the world's hungry people lived in just 10 countries last year, with a third in Sudan, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a new annual report on food crises based on data from the United Nations, the European Union and human rights groups. Some 266 million people were undernourished in 47 countries or territories, almost double the number in 2016. Conflict remains the main cause of severe malnutrition, along…
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