Africa: Hunger Skyrockets By Nearly 80% in Eastern and Southern Africa Over Past Five Years Amidst Worsening Water Crisis

Africa: Hunger Skyrockets By Nearly 80% in Eastern and Southern Africa Over Past Five Years Amidst Worsening Water Crisis

Press Release - Nearly 116 million people in eight African countries, hardest hit by severe water crises, lack access to drinking water.

An ocean of gold but no water to drink

Privatisation was once heralded as the key to Africa’s economic revitalisation, a promise that essential services would become more efficient, widely available and cost-effective under private ownership. Several decades later, the reality looks very different. Across the continent, the privatisation of electricity and water services has failed to deliver on these promises, instead deepening social inequalities, burdening citizens with exorbitant…

Hunger in Africa's water-poorest countries has increased by 80 percent in five years. The climate crisis exacerbates water scarcity in the eastern and eastern parts of Africa.