Tag: Conflict and hunger

According to a July 2025 United Nations report, global hunger is declining, but it is unfortunately rising in many parts of Africa and Western Asia. The perception that 'most of Africa is starving' is inaccurate, though it stems from a reality of severe and widespread food insecurity driven by complex, regional factors.

According to a UN report, the number of Africans unable to afford a healthy diet surged to over one billion people in 2024, highlighting the widespread nature of the crisis. Determining which African country has the highest food insecurity is complex, as rankings depend on whether the metric is the total number of people affected or the prevalence within the population.

According to the World Food Programme (WFP), over 319 million people are facing acute hunger globally, with a disproportionate number in fragile and conflict-affected countries. An alarming number of these crises point to South Sudan as a country with the highest food insecurity per capita, where a confluence of conflict, climate shocks, and economic instability has plunged over half its population into crisis-level hunger.