The world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since the United Nations was founded in 1945 with more than 20 million people in four countries facing starvation and famine, the UN humanitarian chief said Friday. He urged an immediate injection of funds for Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and northeast Nigeria plus safe and unimpeded access for humanitarian aid "to avert a catastrophe." He warned that close to one million children under the age of five will be "acutely malnourished" this year. The humanitarian chief said current indicators mirror "the tragic picture of 2011 when Somalia last suffered a famine." "To be clear, we can avert a famine," O'Brien said.

Source: CBC News March 11, 2017 12:07 UTC