20 million people in Africa are at risk of hunger

The news comes amid the most devastating drought in decades that is sweeping the Horn of Africa.

According to the United Nations, months-long drought has destroyed crops in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, putting the region on the brink of a humanitarian disaster.

In Somalia, 6 million people, or 40% of the population, are at risk of starvation in the coming months. In Kenya, the number of people in need of food assistance has quadrupled in less than two years. In Ethiopia, the proportion of people suffering from malnutrition has also risen above the emergency threshold.

The situation is exacerbated by the conflict in Ukraine contributing to rising food and fuel costs and disrupting global supply chains.

Millions of African children are facing raging hunger. (Photo: AP)

According to figures released two years ago, the number of victims of starvation in three African countries, Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, has reached about 11 million. Children in these areas have come to UN refugee camps in northeastern Kenya to demand humanitarian aid with food, water, essentials… International officials have warned, 800,000 Children can die from malnutrition across these countries. This year, UN organizations predict that drought and crop failure will widen the list, meaning millions more victims need to be saved.

According to a study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the World, the interaction between climate change, water availability and food security shows that an increase in Earth’s temperature will accelerate the global hydrological cycle, accelerating the rate of global warming. evaporation, disrupting rain patterns across Africa and elsewhere in the world, exacerbating soil erosion and desertification. These factors make farming or production in this area never prosper.

Having a low starting point and the general effects of global crisis developments have pushed many African countries, including tens of millions of people, closer to the brink of extinction. poverty extreme.

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