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Nearly 55 million people face hunger in West and Central Africa
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2024-04-12 | 09:16
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Nearly 55 million people face hunger in West and Central Africa
Soaring prices have helped fuel a food crisis in West and Central Africa, where nearly 55 million people will struggle to feed themselves in the coming months, UN humanitarian agencies warned on Friday.
The number facing hunger during the June-August lean season has quadrupled over the last five years, they said, noting that economic challenges such as double-digit inflation and stagnating local production had become major drivers of the crisis, beyond recurrent conflicts in the region.
Among the worst-affected countries are Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Mali, where around 2,600 people in northern areas are likely to experience catastrophic hunger, said the World Food Program, UN children's agency UNICEF, and the Food and Agriculture Organization in a joint statement.
"The time to act is now. We need all partners to step up to prevent the situation from getting out of control," said Margot Vandervelden, WFP's acting regional director for West Africa.
Due to the food shortages, malnutrition is alarmingly high, the agencies said, estimating that 16.7 million children under the age of five are acutely malnourished across West and Central Africa.
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