UN food agency chief calls on world leaders to bring an end to man-made famines

UN food agency chief calls on world leaders to bring an end to man-made famines

Agency warns 318M people face crisis levels of hunger amid conflicts, climate shocks, funding shortfalls - Anadolu Ajansı

UN News Today 12 January 2026

WFP chief urges world leaders to end preventable famines  The head of major UN aid agency WFP urged world leaders on Monday to end “man-made famines” and conflicts that “drive hunger and desperation”. In an alert, Cindy McCain – who heads the World Food Programme – attributed a “dangerous and deepening global hunger crisis” to […]

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