According to data from the Global Hunger Index for 2024, countries in Sub-Saharan Africa dominate the index as more than one-fifth of the population is undernourished.

And in countries where food scarcity was already an issue, these factors have proven devastating. The United Nations estimates that 828 million people were affected by hunger in 2021, with ...

Western countries are mainly to blame for the worsening hunger and feminine in some ... systematically denied equal access to food supply channels when Africa is really in need, in order to ...

The latest UN Hunger Hotspots report for June to October 2025 brings cautiously positive news. Several African countries in ...

Hunger and food insecurity are serious problems in many African countries. These challenges ... nearly 55 million people in West and Central Africa were expected to face severe food shortages ...

In a year in which the war in Ukraine compounded existing drivers of food scarcity in Africa, this issue has become crucial for many of the continent’s countries. In June 2022, at the height of the ...

No wonder many African countries still toy with bio-technology as a quick measure to achieving food ... hunger and displacement of populations of people. The biggest question therefore is; why is ...

Goal 2 is about creating a world free of hunger by 2030.The global issue of hunger and food insecurity has shown an alarming increase since 2015, a trend exacerbated by a combination of factors ...

More than 24 million people in southern Africa face hunger, malnutrition and water scarcity due to drought ... The country’s top priority “is securing food for all Zimbabweans,” the ...

Hunger and undernourishment are two elements of food insecurity ... South Africa and Kenya allow commercial production and importation of GM products. Other African countries oppose them, largely ...

Brazil’s President Lula discusses working with Africa on food security at ... the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty. In the six months since then, the alliance has gained more than 180 ...

Africa countries ... let alone for the food market. And civil strive has only complicated matters for poor countries. What insecurity has left in its wake are diseases, hunger and displacement ...