The United Nations has raised alarm over the surging levels of acute hunger globally, saying that some 124 million people across 51 countries faced hunger crises in 2017, driven largely by climate disasters and conflict.
A UN-backed report:’The Global Report on Food Crises’, also said that 11 million more people were hungry in 2017 than 2016.
The increase was largely attributable to new or intensified conflict and insecurity in Myanmar, North-East Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Yemen, it said.
The report was presented by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the European Union.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, in a message on the report, said: “Reports such as this, give us the vital data and analysis to better understand the challenge.
“It is now up to us to take action to…
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