This means hunger now affects 20 per cent of the population on the continent, more than any other region in the world. SEE ALSO :FAO probes outbreak of tilapia virus in Lake Victoria“After years of decline... there are 821 million undernourished people in the world. Of these, 257 million are in Africa, of which 237 million are in sub-Saharan Africa and 20 million in Northern Africa,” states the 2018 Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition Report. Compared to 2015, there are 34.5 million more undernourished people in Africa. Nearly half of the increase is due to the rise in the number of underfed people in Western Africa while a third is from Eastern Africa.

Source: Standard Digital February 25, 2019 06:00 UTC