Millions of people in Africa are experiencing chronic hunger and the threat of famine. Conflict, recurring severe drought, and high food prices are to blame. People are starving to death — right now.
Hunger and malnutrition continued to worsen in East Africa through the peak of the lean season in July.
In East Africa alone — South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia — 28 million people need humanitarian assistance. About 6.9 million children are suffering from malnutrition, including more than 1 million who are severely malnourished or risk dying by the end of 2017.
AFRICA HUNGER FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW
An estimated 1.4 million children could die this year from famine-like conditions in South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria, and Yemen, according to the U.N. children’s agency.
4 million people in Kenya need food aid, and about 700,000 Kenyan children younger than 5 are facing starvation.
Disease outbreaks have plagued Ethiopian communities amid worsening food insecurity.
Crop and livestock losses and water shortages in Somalia have caused more than 766,000 people — including 480,000 children — to leave their homes.
Severe drought and widespread food insecurity are ravaging entire communities in Niger, Chad, Nigeria, Cameroon, parts of the Southern Africa region, and in Yemen, on the Arabian peninsula, according to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS).
About 10.9 million people need humanitarian assistance in the Lake Chad Basin, which includes northeastern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, eastern Niger, and southwestern Chad. More than 500,000 children are suffering severe levels of malnutrition. The refugee and food crises have swelled for two years due to ongoing extremist attacks and mass displacements in the region.
Help is necessary to keep the Africa hunger and food crises from worsening. Children, especially those younger than 5, are the most vulnerable because they need critical nutrients to build strength and immunity against disease.
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