Acute famine has begun in Ethiopia, Madagascar, South Sudan and Yemen, which testifies to the expansion of the scale of this problem in the world. This was stated in the report of the UN World Food Programme.
In the aforementioned countries, 584,000 people have been affected by famine. Another 41 million inhabitants in 43 states (compared to 27 million in 2019) are on the brink of famine.
The causes of such a situation are local conflicts, climate change, as well as economic processes such as crisis, currency devaluation, and a sharp rise in food prices.
As an example, the UN mentioned Lebanon, Nigeria, Sudan, Venezuela and Zimbabwe, where inflation has severely worsened the situation of the population.
The organisation reminded that this year it will implement its largest support programme, which will cover 139 million people, for which the programme has an acute need for funding.
