a total of 18 million people in Africa coast region face Intense hunger in The next Three months, the United Nations office for coordination of The Office of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Friday, citing the effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic and climate shocks and rising costs.
The hunger The crisis may put pressure on increasing numbers of people to migrate out of The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the affected areas.
the biggest number of people It is in risk of Intense hunger across the region Since 2014, four countries – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Niger – Hi facing “Alarming Levels”, with Nearly 1.7 million people facing emergency levels of Food insecurity is there, according to the UN agency.
slash of the coast regionwhich is a vast area that extends across the south of Sahara Desert faced worst agricultural production in more More than a decade ago, food shortages could worsen with the dry season arrives in Late summer, Thompson Ferry spokesperson for The United Nations’ Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the World Food Program, said.
Many people from region Among the immigrants who looking to travel north to Europe in Hopes of economic opportunities, more stability and safety.
“Mix of Violence, insecurity, extreme poverty and recordRising food prices exacerbate malnutrition and driving millions to the parties of Survival,” Martin Griffiths, the head of OCHA, said in Declaration.
“at recent days spike in He said food prices, driven by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, threaten to turn the food security crisis into a humanitarian catastrophe. these two countries be key Producers of Wheat, barley and other agricultural products, and the conflict brought exports across the Black Sea almost entirely to a halt.
Griffith office $30 million released from the Emergency Relief Fund for The African Four countries.
Humanitarian groups earlier this year Launched appeals for $3.8 billion in helps for The region in 2022, but they remain The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said only 12% were funded.
