West Africa faces acute food shortages with thousands near famine, say UN agencies

West Africa faces acute food shortages with thousands near famine, say UN agencies

DAKAR (Reuters) -Forty-eight million people in West and Central Africa face acute food insecurity in the coming months, a 10-year high spurred by insecurity, climate shocks, COVID-19 and high prices, United Nations humanitarian agencies warned on Tuesday. West and Central Africa has faced increasing risks caused by higher temperatures and erratic rainfall. War in Ukraine has contributed to food and fertilizer shortages in one of the world’s poor…

Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, says UN

Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, with some 48 million people, a 10-year-high, facing food insecurity in the conflict-riddled region, the United Nations warned Tuesday. Driven primarily by violence as well as the economic fallout from COVID-19 and inflation, food insecurity has heavily impacted Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, northern Nigeria and Mauritania, UN

West: Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, says UN

Around 48 million people are facing food insecurity in West Africa, a 10-year high due to violence and the economic and inflationary impact of Covid-19, the UN has warned. Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, northern Nigeria and Mauritania have been the worst-affected countries. In the Sahel region, 45,000 are at risk of starvation, with 42,000 in Burkina Faso. The populations of Benin and Togo also are facing food crises due to fleeing civilians and mil…

41 million in west and central Africa at risk of food insecurity -World Bank

The latest warning on food insecurity is also echoed by the the United Nations food agency the World food Programme which estimates its figures as many as 48 million people across western and central Africa as efforts to contain inflation contribute to food shortages.

Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, says UN

Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, with some 48 million people, a 10-year-high, facing food insecurity in the conflict-riddled region, the United Nations warned Tuesday.Driven primarily by violence as well as the economic fallout from COVID-19 and inflation, food insecurity has heavily impacted Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, northern Nigeria and Mauritania, U.N. officials said at a press conference in Senegal’s capital, Dakar. U.N. …

Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, says UN

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, with some 48 million people, a 10-year-high, facing food insecurity in the conflict-riddled region, the United Nations warned Tuesday. Driven primarily by violence as well as the economic fallout from COVID-19 and inflation, food insecurity has heavily impacted Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, northern Nigeria and Mauritania, U.N. officials said at a press conference in Senegal’…