Global hunger levels declined in 2024 for the second consecutive year, with an estimated 15 million fewer people affected than in 2023, according to the latest United Nations (UN) report on food ...

Hunger continued to rise in most sub-regions of Africa and Western Asia, despite a global decline for the third consecutive year in 2024, according to a new report by the United Nations.

Africa faces worst hunger crisis in the world In July 2024 the United Nations (UN) released their annual report on the State of Food and Nutrition Security in the World.

Around 673 million people, or 8.2 percent of the world’s population, experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5 percent in 2023, according to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World ...

Africa remains the epicenter of hunger with the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019 report indicating that out of the 2 billion people suffering from food insecurity globally ...

Hunger rates continued to rise in Africa, from 19.9% in 2022 to 20.4% in 2023. The levels remained stable in Asia at 8.1%, though the region represents more than half of those facing hunger ...

About 346 million people in Africa are facing severe food insecurity, meaning they have likely experienced hunger, in the worst crisis since 2017. Last year, the figure was about 286 million.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Eradicating hunger in Africa by 2025 is achievable _ if Africa’s leaders champion it and promote improved crop production and healthy eating, the head of the U.N. food ...

The world’s response to hunger crisis in East Africa is inadequate, say aid workers By Michael Levitt (NPR) Dec. 6, 2022 4 p.m. 00:00 ...

Some of the world's fastest growing economies are in Africa. But hunger is still a widespread reality there, and will be a major topic at this weekend's G8 summit. Host Michel Martin discusses ...

We know there is a way forward. These are resilient communities, but after back-to-back emergencies their fortitude is fading. According to the UN, 46 million people in Africa experienced hunger in ...