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UN warns of threat of mass famine in 20 countries

Two dozen countries in the world are on the verge of mass hunger, reports "Glavcom" with reference to UN data.

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Conflict, economic hardship, extreme weather conditions and the coronavirus pandemic are limiting food access for hundreds of thousands of people. Instability in the world is growing, countries are at risk of worsening hunger, according to report.

UN experts named the regions of Burkina Faso, northeastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen as "hot spots". Part of the population in the four so-called hot spots of greatest concern is already facing a critical situation of hunger, and the report warns that escalating conflict, as well as further diminishing humanitarian access, could put them at risk of hunger.

But these four countries are far from the only red flags on a world map that shows acute food insecurity levels are reaching new highs around the world, driven by a combination of factors, the report said.

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Another 16 countries are at high risk of an increase in acute hunger: Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Somalia, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Haiti, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia (in the last three caution is associated with the massive influx of Venezuelan immigrants).

The purpose of the Hot Spots report is to inform urgent actions that can be taken now to avoid a major emergency (or series of emergencies) within three to six months from today.

As stated in the report and statement Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, developments in the countries most at risk will depend on the dynamics of conflicts, food prices and the myriad impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on their food systems, rainfall and harvests, humanitarian access and donor willingness to continue funding humanitarian assistance.

“In 2011, Somalia suffered a famine that killed 260 people. Famine was declared in July, but most people had already died by May. We cannot allow this to happen again. We have a stark choice: act urgently today or lose lives tomorrow,” warned Dominique Burgeon, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's director for emergencies and resilience.

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Weakened countries of the world have already predicted a famine of "biblical proportions" due to the coronavirus pandemic. This forecast was given by the head of the World Food Program (WFP) David Beasley. According to him, the organization needs almost $ XNUMX billion in the next six months to carry out humanitarian activities to mitigate the consequences of the pandemic.

In September, Beasley also called on billionaires and businesses to help save 30 million people around the world who are at risk of starving to death this year.

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