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13 hours ago · Among the countries in the region, Nigeria—the largest nation in Africa—will bear a significant burden, with nearly 61 percent of those slipping into hunger during the lean season.
1 day ago · How an El Niño-Driven Drought Brought Hunger to Southern Africa. A record-breaking drought, fueled by the El Niño weather pattern, has caused widespread crop failure and national emergency declarations in Zambia, Malawi, and Zimbabwe. Without harvests of maize, the staple food, millions in the region are facing a severe hunger crisis.
1 day ago · The areas worst affected by the drought include most of Zambia, Zimbabwe, southern Malawi, northern Namibia, south-eastern Angola, much of Botswana, Lesotho, central Mozambique, central South ...
3 days ago · Low-income countries primarily in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America already suffer from poor agricultural productivity and food insecurity, conditions which climate change is expected to exacerbate.
4 days ago · Africa The Americas East Asia Europe ... with more than one-third of the population facing acute hunger. ... dengue fever and malaria are spreading and likely to worsen during the upcoming rainy ...
5 days ago · Leni Kinzli, the U.N. World Food Program’s regional spokesperson, said on May 3 that at least 1.7 million people in Darfur were experiencing emergency levels of hunger in Sudan in December, and the number is expected to be “much higher” now. “People are resorting to consuming grass and peanut shells,” Kinzli said.
4 days ago · Action Against Hunger Responds in Tana River County and Across Kenya. Kenyans have faced catastrophic flooding which has affected nearly 400,000 people, including more than 280,000 people who have been displaced. The floods are some of the deadliest in Kenya’s history, affecting 41 of 46 counties, including the capital city of Nairobi, where ...
