hunger

The emergency that affects the entire Horn of Africa has an impact on crops and livestock, causes a disproportionate increase in the price of food and strongly weakens the purchasing power of families.

Economic instability exacerbated by the pandemic, the climate crisis and the aftermath of war are the main causes of starvation.

Action Against Hunger is concerned about the economic and social consequences that could raise the number of people living in a state of severe food insecurity to over one billion in the foreseeable future.

In its latest report, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) claims the situation in DRC is critical since December.   

Two UN agencies report that 2 million children have been displaced by South Sudan conflict.