More than 113 million people across 53 countries experienced "acute hunger" last year because of wars and climate disasters, with Africa the worst-hit region, the UN said Tuesday. Launched three years ago, the annual study takes stock of the countries facing the greatest difficulties. African states were "disproportionally" affected as close to 72 million people on the continent suffered acute hunger, the FAO's emergencies director Dominique Bourgeon told AFP on Tuesday. Globally, the study noted that the overall situation slightly improved in 2018 compared to 2017 when 124 million people suffered acute hunger. The FAO also stressed that "high levels of acute and chronic malnutrition in children living in emergency conditions remained of grave concern".

Source: dna April 02, 2019 08:15 UTC