More than 33 million Nigerians face hunger next year: report
4 months, 2 weeks ago

More than 33 million Nigerians face hunger next year: report

Deccan Chronicle  

ABUJA: More than 33 million Nigerians face hunger next year, the number rising sharply as soaring food prices exacerbate the effects of conflict and climate change, according to a report Friday. According to the latest figures 25.1 million Nigerian are already experiencing "acute food insecurity" even at the peak of this year's harvest season, following floods and dramatic price rises. This figure could leap to 33.1 million next year as the Nigerian naira, collapsing in value, sends food import prices soaring and an end to fuel subsidies makes delivery and distribution costly. More than 33 million Nigerians face hunger next year: reportWhile these long-term challenges persist however, the state of the Nigerian economy has played a role in driving up food prices.

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Inflation forces Nigeriens to adapt what they eat
2 months, 1 week ago

Inflation forces Nigeriens to adapt what they eat

The Hindu  

At a Niamey market, mother of five Rakia Abdou haggles hard for a sack of rice, a staple out of reach for many in Niger due to record inflation. "The prices of local food are falling but those for imported products are still high," she said at the Wadata market, lightly coated in dust carried by the wind of west …

UN food agency says 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves in West and Central Africa
3 months, 1 week ago

UN food agency says 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves in West and Central Africa

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — More than 40 million people are now struggling to feed themselves across West and Central Africa with that number set to rise to 52 million by the middle of next year, the United Nations food agency said Friday. According to a new report released Friday, the World Food Program said 3.4 million people are currently facing “emergency …

Acute food insecurity to hit most people in South Sudan next year, says UN
4 months, 1 week ago

Acute food insecurity to hit most people in South Sudan next year, says UN

Al Jazeera  

Almost 7.7 million people will be classified as acutely food insecure in the world’s youngest nation as it grapples with floods and war. Almost 60 percent of South Sudan’s population will be acutely food insecure next year, with more than two million children at risk of malnutrition, warns data from a United Nations-backed review. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase …

Hunger Grips Nigeria as 33 Million Face Food Insecurity
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Hunger Grips Nigeria as 33 Million Face Food Insecurity

Firstpost  

Nigeria's hunger crisis worsens as 33 million people face food insecurity. The country is facing an escalating hunger crisis due to severe economic challenges, including the devaluation of the naira and the removal of a longstanding petrol subsidy. These reforms have fueled inflation and triggered a cost-of-living crisis, leading to widespread unrest and deadly protests in August. The biannual assessment, …

Nigerians are frustrated by economic hardship but authorities fear planned protests could turn ugly
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Nigerians are frustrated by economic hardship but authorities fear planned protests could turn ugly

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country’s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. Nigeria’s population of over 210 million people — the continent’s largest — is also among the hungriest in the world and its government has struggled to create jobs. Local media have reported that organizers of the …

Over 750,000 people in Sudan at risk of starvation: Global hunger monitor
9 months ago

Over 750,000 people in Sudan at risk of starvation: Global hunger monitor

Al Jazeera  

United Nations’ hunger monitoring system says there’s a risk of famine in 14 areas of Sudan if the conflict escalates. There is a risk of famine in 14 areas across Sudan if the conflict between military factions escalates, a global hunger monitor has said, noting that it faces “the worst levels of acute food insecurity” ever recorded in the country. …

Southern Africa to experience cereal shortage
11 months ago

Southern Africa to experience cereal shortage

China Daily  

FILE PHOTO: A wilted maize crop is seen in Mumijo in the Buhera district east of the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, March 16, 2024. The Food and Agriculture Organization has warned that Southern African countries will experience maize shortages due to the recent El Nino-linked drought that has decimated harvest prospects. The predicted production shortfall is expected to intensify households' food …

About 282 million people faced acute hunger last year: UN-led report
11 months ago

About 282 million people faced acute hunger last year: UN-led report

Al Jazeera  

Gaza, Sudan and other conflicts – along with extreme weather and economic shocks – worsened food insecurity, says new report calling the global outlook ‘bleak’ for this year. Food insecurity worsened around the world in 2023, with about 282 million people suffering from acute hunger due to conflicts, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to United Nations agencies and development …

Nearly 55 million face hunger in West and Central Africa, UN warns
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Nearly 55 million face hunger in West and Central Africa, UN warns

Al Jazeera  

UN agencies say double-digit inflation and stagnating local production are major drivers of the hunger crisis. Nearly 55 million people will struggle to feed themselves in the coming months in West and Central Africa as soaring prices have fuelled a food crisis, United Nations agencies have warned. “For children in the region to reach their full potential, we need to …

UN warns nearly 50 million people could face hunger next year in West and Central Africa
1 year, 3 months ago

UN warns nearly 50 million people could face hunger next year in West and Central Africa

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — The United Nations warned on Tuesday that hunger could surge across West and Central Africa next year, primarily driven by violence in the conflict-riddled region. Nearly 50 million people could face food insecurity and more than 2.5 million will be on the brink of starvation, said officials from the U.N., the Food and Agriculture Organization, regional and …

UN says Africa faces unprecedented food crisis, with 3 in 4 people unable to afford a healthy diet
1 year, 3 months ago

UN says Africa faces unprecedented food crisis, with 3 in 4 people unable to afford a healthy diet

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — At least three-fourths of Africans can’t afford a healthy diet, and a fifth are undernourished due to an “unprecedented food crisis,” United Nations agencies said in a report released Thursday with the African Union Commission. “The majority of Africa’s population — about 78% or more than one billion people — remain unable to afford a healthy diet, …

UN says Africa faces unprecedented food crisis, with 3 in 4 people unable to afford a healthy diet
1 year, 3 months ago

UN says Africa faces unprecedented food crisis, with 3 in 4 people unable to afford a healthy diet

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy At least three-fourths of Africans …

Climate and violence hobble Nigeria’s push to rely on its own wheat after the hit from Russia’s war
1 year, 8 months ago

Climate and violence hobble Nigeria’s push to rely on its own wheat after the hit from Russia’s war

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — Abubakar Salisu was terrified when he discovered arid sand in the middle of his farmland, rendering a broad strip unfit for crops. Wheat normally requires heat, but in the last three years, farmers in Nigeria’s far north, part of Africa’s Sahel region that largely produces the country’s homegrown food, have seen an “alarming” increase in heat — …

UN: Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years
1 year, 8 months ago

UN: Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that millions of hungry people in West Africa are without aid as the agency struggles with limited funding to respond to the region’s worst hunger crisis in a decade. During this year’s lean season, millions of families will lack sufficient food reserves to sustain them until the next harvests in …

UN warns that urgent funding needed to avert catastrophic hunger in northeast Nigeria
1 year, 10 months ago

UN warns that urgent funding needed to avert catastrophic hunger in northeast Nigeria

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — At least $396 million is urgently needed to prevent widespread hunger and malnutrition in northeastern Nigeria from turning into a “full-blown catastrophe,” the United Nations office in the West African nation said Thursday. “We are ringing the alarm bell that there are people close to or dying right now in the northeast,” Matthias Schmale, the U.N. humanitarian …

Number of people facing acute hunger in Africa still alarming
1 year, 10 months ago

Number of people facing acute hunger in Africa still alarming

China Daily  

Men sit in a shade as they take care of their goats in the Dadaab refugee camp, one of Africa's largest refugee camps in Kenya, on March 23, 2023. According to the global report on food crises launched on Wednesday by the Food Security Information Network - an initiative mandated with the strengthening of food and nutrition security information system …

Number of people facing acute hunger in Africa still alarming
1 year, 10 months ago

Number of people facing acute hunger in Africa still alarming

China Daily  

Men sit in a shade as they take care of their goats in the Dadaab refugee camp, one of Africa's largest refugee camps in Kenya, on March 23, 2023. According to the global report on food crises launched on Wednesday by the Food Security Information Network - an initiative mandated with the strengthening of food and nutrition security information system …

258 million people worldwide faced acute food insecurity in 2022, report says
1 year, 10 months ago

258 million people worldwide faced acute food insecurity in 2022, report says

LA Times  

More than a quarter-billion people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year because of conflicts, climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to a report published Wednesday. The report found that the number of people facing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food aid — 258 million — had increased for …

Almost 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022: UN
1 year, 10 months ago

Almost 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022: UN

Al Jazeera  

The report finds the number of people facing acute food shortages and requiring urgent food aid increased for the fourth consecutive year. Almost 258 million people in 58 countries faced acute food shortages last year due to conflicts, climate change, effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine, according to a United Nations report, a sharp rise from …

Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, says UN
1 year, 11 months ago

Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, says UN

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — 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 …

UN: Thousands in West, Central Africa could face starvation
2 years, 3 months ago

UN: Thousands in West, Central Africa could face starvation

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — More than 25,000 people could face starvation in conflict-plagued parts of West Africa next year, a United Nations official warned Friday. Federico Doehnert of the World Food Program said violence and the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine are largely driving the threat to people in Nigeria, Mali and Burkina Faso. “One …

Torrential floods impact food security in West and Central Africa
2 years, 4 months ago

Torrential floods impact food security in West and Central Africa

Al Jazeera  

Floods have destroyed this season’s harvest and left farms submerged in parts of West and Central Africa. Before the floods, West and Central Africa were already facing a bleak food security situation, said Sib Ollo of the World Food Programme. “This is a perfect storm of factors all playing and leading us towards a catastrophe, a major crisis.” The number …

Malnutrition woes overwhelm children in northeast Nigeria
2 years, 4 months ago

Malnutrition woes overwhelm children in northeast Nigeria

Al Jazeera  

More than 1.3 million children under five are likely suffering from acute malnourishment in northeast Nigeria, according to the UN. Then I noticed the belly and body were swollen.” Kaka, who suffers from severe acute malnutrition, is one of more than 1.3 million children below five who are likely acutely malnourished in northeast Nigeria, according to the United Nations Food …

Nigeria races to assist flood victims; death toll tops 600
2 years, 5 months ago

Nigeria races to assist flood victims; death toll tops 600

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — The death toll from floods in Nigeria this year has increased to 603 as local authorities race to get relief items to hundreds of thousands being evacuated from their submerged homes. More than 1.3 million people have been displaced by the disaster, which has affected people across 33 of Nigeria’s 36 states, the nation’s humanitarian affairs ministry …

Nigeria flood death toll tops 600 as thousands evacuated
2 years, 5 months ago

Nigeria flood death toll tops 600 as thousands evacuated

Al Jazeera  

At least 603 people have lost their lives in floods this year and more than 1.3 million displaced, authorities say. The death toll from floods in Nigeria this year has increased to 603 as local authorities race to provide relief to hundreds of thousands of people being evacuated from their submerged homes. More than 1.3 million people have been displaced …

U.N. warns up to 345 million people marching toward starvation
2 years, 6 months ago

U.N. warns up to 345 million people marching toward starvation

The Hindu  

The U.N. food chief warned Thursday that the world is facing “a global emergency of unprecedented magnitude,” with up to 345 million people marching toward starvation — and 70 million pushed closer to starvation by the war in Ukraine. “The hungry people of the world are counting on us, and … we must not let them down.” Mr. Griffiths said …

UN warns up to 345 million people marching toward starvation
2 years, 6 months ago

UN warns up to 345 million people marching toward starvation

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The U.N. food chief warned …

Concerns grow as Nigeria’s inflation surges to 17-year high
2 years, 6 months ago

Concerns grow as Nigeria’s inflation surges to 17-year high

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s consumer inflation surged to a 17-year high in August 2022, its statistics agency said Thursday, signalling more hardship for citizens and businesses in Africa’s largest economy. The food inflation rate in August 2022 was 23.1%, the statistics agency said, blaming increases in prices of some of the most common food items in Nigeria including bread, cereals …

World hunger rising as UN agencies warn of ‘looming catastrophe’
2 years, 8 months ago

World hunger rising as UN agencies warn of ‘looming catastrophe’

Al Jazeera  

Up to 828 million people, or nearly 10 percent of the world’s population, were affected by hunger last year: UN report. World hunger levels rose again last year after soaring in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Ukraine war coupled with climate change now threaten starvation and mass migration on an “unprecedented scale” this year, according to UN …

A third of Sudan's population faces hunger crisis: U.N. food agency
2 years, 9 months ago

A third of Sudan's population faces hunger crisis: U.N. food agency

The Hindu  

A third of Sudan' population is currently facing a food crisis due to the compounded impact of climate shocks, political turmoil and rising global food prices, the U.N. food agency said Thursday. A joint report by the World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization said that 15 million people face acute food insecurity across all of the East …

One-third of Sudan’s population faces hunger crisis: UN
2 years, 9 months ago

One-third of Sudan’s population faces hunger crisis: UN

Al Jazeera  

Aid groups warn food insecurity may dramatically increase to ‘unprecedented levels’ and lead to more conflict and displacement unless Sudan receives ‘robust agriculture support’. A joint report by the United Nation’s World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization said 15 million people face acute food insecurity across all of the East African country’s 18 provinces. “The combined effects …

UN: 18 million facing severe hunger in West Africa’s Sahel
2 years, 10 months ago

UN: 18 million facing severe hunger in West Africa’s Sahel

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N. is warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months, citing the impacts of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, climate-induced shocks and rising costs. The largest number of people are at risk of severe hunger across the region since 2014, and four countries — Burkina Faso, …

Hunger crisis looms in Nigeria’s ‘food basket’ amid conflict
3 years, 1 month ago

Hunger crisis looms in Nigeria’s ‘food basket’ amid conflict

Associated Press  

AGATU, Nigeria — It’s 2 p.m. and Hannah Mgbede asks her husband if she can take her first break of the day from threshing rice so she can breastfeed their 18-month-old baby girl fastened to her back during the grueling work. “Since the crisis, it is only by the grace of God we are feeding to remain alive.” Here in …

Nigerian families struggle to survive as food prices soar
3 years, 8 months ago

Nigerian families struggle to survive as food prices soar

Al Jazeera  

With inflation rising around the world as the global economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, soaring prices are having dramatic consequences in countries like Nigeria. But as Nigeria has been battered by the double economic effect of low global oil prices and the pandemic, the World Bank estimates the country’s soaring inflation and food prices pushed another seven million people …

UN World Food Programme says 41 million on verge of famine
3 years, 9 months ago

UN World Food Programme says 41 million on verge of famine

Al Jazeera  

After declining for several decades, world hunger has been on the rise since 2016, driven by conflict and climate change. Some 41 million people in 43 countries are at imminent risk of famine, with nearly 600,000 others in four countries already experiencing famine-like conditions, the World Food Programme has warned. Meanwhile, 41 million people are literally knocking on famine’s door.” …

UN says 155 million people faced severe hunger last year
3 years, 10 months ago

UN says 155 million people faced severe hunger last year

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The report, which focuses on 55 countries that account …

Nigeria: Inflation hits four-year peak as food prices soar
4 years ago

Nigeria: Inflation hits four-year peak as food prices soar

Al Jazeera  

Inflation in Nigeria reached 17.33 percent driven by the COVID pandemic, a drop in oil revenue and a weakened currency. Nigerian inflation hit a four-year peak in February as food prices jumped more than 20 percent, heaping financial pressure on households already faced with a shrinking labour market and a stagnant economy at a time of mounting insecurity. Inflation, in …

Floods, food shortages threaten to push Nigeria into food crisis
4 years, 6 months ago

Floods, food shortages threaten to push Nigeria into food crisis

Al Jazeera  

Mal Shehu Ladan took a boat across what was, until this month, a growing rice paddy. “It’s going to be devastating.” Floods early this month across northwest Nigeria destroyed 90 percent of the two million tonnes that Kebbi state officials expected to harvest this autumn, the head of the state branch of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria told Reuters. …

Over 113 mn across 53 countries experienced acute hunger in 2018, finds UN; Yemen, Afghanistan among worst-hit countries
5 years, 11 months ago

Over 113 mn across 53 countries experienced acute hunger in 2018, finds UN; Yemen, Afghanistan among worst-hit countries

Firstpost  

It said that although there were 11 million fewer people believed to be in food crisis in 2018 compared with 2017, in 17 countries, acute hunger either remained the same or increased. United Nations: More than 113 million people across 53 countries experienced acute hunger last year, with conflict, climate-related disasters and economic turbulence mainly driving the food insecurity crisis, …

Number of people facing severe hunger worldwide surpasses 100 million
8 years ago

Number of people facing severe hunger worldwide surpasses 100 million

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Humanitarian assistance has kept many people alive so far …

UN: $4.4bn needed to prevent ‘catastrophe’ of famine
8 years, 1 month ago

UN: $4.4bn needed to prevent ‘catastrophe’ of famine

Al Jazeera  

UN chief Antonio Guterres says more than 20 million people face starvation in South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen. The United Nations needs $4.4bn by the end of next month to prevent “a catastrophe” of hunger and famine in South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen, according to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. South Sudan on Monday declared a famine in northern Unity …

Malnutrition Is Killing Nigeria's Children Because Of Food Shortage
8 years, 1 month ago

Malnutrition Is Killing Nigeria's Children Because Of Food Shortage

NPR  

Malnutrition Is Killing Nigeria's Children Because Of Food Shortage International groups warn of a looming food crisis in parts of Nigeria due to civil conflict. And then in December, President Muhammadu Buhari accused United Nations agencies of - exaggerating, I think, was the word he used - Nigeria's crisis when they were appealing to donors for about a billion dollars. …

Nigeria famine will kill 65,000 children a year while world ignores it, says UN
8 years, 6 months ago

Nigeria famine will kill 65,000 children a year while world ignores it, says UN

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The current famine in north-east …

Nigeria's Borno region is facing world's worst food crisis, Unicef warns
8 years, 6 months ago

Nigeria's Borno region is facing world's worst food crisis, Unicef warns

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The food crisis unfolding in …

In pictures: Hunger stalks Niger
12 years, 6 months ago

In pictures: Hunger stalks Niger

Al Jazeera  

It is nearing the end of the lean season in Niger, and Tini Kane’s food reserves have almost run out. The food crisis currently afflicting an estimated 18 million in Niger, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Senegal, and other countries across the Sahel has roots in a multitude of economic, environmental, social, and political factors. Four million children are projected …

Soaring food prices intensifying Africa crisis
13 years, 7 months ago

Soaring food prices intensifying Africa crisis

The Hindu  

A volatile global food supply is deepening the humanitarian catastrophe in the Horn of Africa, the World Bank warns in a new report. Shortages and near-historic prices for staples such as corn, wheat and sugar have magnified the impact of the drought now ravaging the Horn of Africa, the Food Price Watch report said. In global terms, food prices last …

Mass starvation warned in West Africa
14 years, 9 months ago

Mass starvation warned in West Africa

The Hindu  

Starving people in drought-stricken west Africa are being forced to eat leaves and collect grain from ant hills, say aid agencies, warning that 10 million people face starvation across the region. With food prices soaring and malnourished livestock dying, villagers were turning to any sources of food to stay alive, said Charles Bambara, Oxfam officer for the west African region. …

Food Aid Begins Flowing in Niger
19 years, 7 months ago

Food Aid Begins Flowing in Niger

LA Times  

Times Staff Writer When the women of this village heard that free food was on the way, they were overjoyed at the thought that, for the first time in months, they would not have to worry about how to feed their children. “Our biggest challenge is to get as many of those distributions done as quickly as possible.” As the …

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