UN agencies have announced a rise in global hunger levels for the first time in more than a decade.
UN agencies announce a rise in global hunger levels
The situation has affected about 11 percent of the world’s population, as conflict, climate change and economic woes reach uncontrollable levels.
Last year, 815 million people were hungry – 38 million more than in 2015.
The number of those living in hunger stricken regions began rising in 2014, but this is the first time in more than a decade that the proportion of the global population affected by food crisis has risen.
About 489 million affected by hunger are living in the conflict-ridden countries.
Famine struck parts of South Sudan earlier this year, and there is a high risk that the situation might be worse – and spread to other countries affected by conflict like northeast Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen.