Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 14th Nov. World Food Programme on Monday said that the conflict, high food prices and climate shocks leave millions of people on hunger.
The agency said that as of the end of September 62.6 million in the region were food insecure, with Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan among the “most severe” global food crises.
Those countries have been facing open conflict or heightened violence, pushing people to flee their homes.
Over 18 million people in the region are displaced including 12 million within their countries and five million who have crossed international borders.
WFP said that high costs of food and of living persist in East Africa with inflation averaging 13.2 per cent.
The agency said the official inflation rates for Sudan have not been issued since February, “they are expected to exceed 300 per cent by the end of the year”.
WFP stressed that the dire situation is likely to continue through early 2024.
The El Niño climate pattern is expected to bring above-normal rainfall through January can be a boon for farming;.
WFP warned that severe flooding in low-lying areas of Somalia, Ethiopia and Uganda may threaten crops and livestock, drive further displacement and fuel infectious disease outbreaks.
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