Africa: World Hunger On the Rise for a Third Year

11 September 2018

Hunger levels have been rising for three years in a row, states a new report by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization. In 2017, Africa and South America saw the highest increase.

One in nine people in the world is affected by hunger. That is what the latest report by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has found. Heavy droughts and conflict are some of the main drivers behind the rise. If the trend continues, the FAO warns, the world will fall far short of achieving the UN's 2030 goal of eradicating hunger.

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