UN agency points to factors including hyperinflation, floods, a locust infestation, and COVID-19 restrictions
Catastrophic levels of hunger driven by conflict, soaring food prices, according to the World Food Program
Conflict is key cause of hunger there, with eastern provinces and central region of Kasais being worst hit
Diminishing water supply is having a severe impact on crops, with losses of up to 40%
Topping the list of countries facing catastrophic levels of acute hunger are Yemen, South Sudan and northern Nigeria
An estimated 2.7 million Somalis will face severe food shortages over the coming months as drought conditions affect more areas in the country
As richer countries race to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, Somalia remains the rare place where much of the population hasn't taken the coronavirus ser
Bread prices have doubled, leaving millions of Syrians face escalating hunger crisis
Unhealthy particles carried by smoke caused emergency room visits to spike
New reality direct result of economic slowdown and massive job losses caused by continued spread of coronavirus
Cabo Delgado province faces hunger crisis as escalating conflict forces thousands to flee their homes and abandon their farms
WFP needs $172 million to prevent millions of Congolese plunging deeper into hunger in the next six months
The U.N. children's agency warned last week that millions of children in war-torn Yemen, ravaged by four years of a bloody civil war, could be pushed
Turkey inaugurated the military facility in Somalia's capital on Sept. 30, 2017
Nearly one third of three million civilians trapped in Idlib have been forced to flee their homes, leading to unprecedented level of displacement
The coronavirus outbreak in China is affecting businesses in other parts of the world, including Nigeria where thousands of merchants travel to China
Varying levels of unease can be observed at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where more than 13% of the student population are fo
Around 4.3 million Malians need humanitarian aid this year, including more than one million who are suffering serious food shortages
An estimated 3.3 million people do not have enough to eat and are in desperate and immediate need of food aid