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Acute hunger at five-year high, study warns, as famine looms for millions

Burkina Faso: Participants in a WFP soil rehabilitation project in Sirighin in March 2.9 million people will face hunger during the upcoming lean season according to the latest Cadre Harmonisé figures. Photo: WFP/Evelyn Fey At least 155 million people in 55 countries faced acute hunger in 2020 20 million more than 2019, according to figures from the 2021 Global Report on Food Crises, released today. Published by the Global Network Against Food Crises an alliance of government agencies and NGOs, including the World Food Programme (WFP), the report highlights the lethal combined impact of conflict, extreme weather and economic shocks, exacerbated, last year, by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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