West Africa on the edge of Her worst food crisis in A decade, driven by conflict, drought and impact of the war in Ukraine on Food availability and prices, 11 international Aid organizations warned Tuesday.
There are about 27 million people Suffers from hunger in The region This number can rise to 38 million by June, up 40% from last year Historic achievements, organizations said in joint statement.
According to UN estimates, 6.3 million children aged 6 months to 5 years with severe acute malnutrition in The region this is year.
big spaces of West Africa, including parts of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Nigeria, are facing Extremist rebel movements forced millions of people off their land. for along way with Chad, these are them countries Most affected by hunger.
This crisis was caused by decline in Cereal production due to drought, flood, conflict and economic impacts of The Corona virus pandemic that led to a rise in food prices in West Africa to fly out up to 30% in The past five years.
Borders closed due to COVID-19 also It had a negative effect on Food Crisis Prevention Network said.
“What is the new And it gets worse mainly all the displaced people And the abandoned earth because of of conflict, but also We are witnessing new drivers Peace be upon you sir, from Oxfam said director for West and Central Africa.
Now the war in Ukraine is aggravating the situation: according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), food prices can lead to rise by 20% worldwide.
Aid agencies – including Oxfam, Save the Children and World Vision – said they did concerned The war was getting worse already catastrophic situation in The region with my Lord warning He has risked redirecting much-needed funding from region.
“Many donors have already They indicated that they might cut off funding for Africa to pay for refugees in Europe “Oxfam official He said.
In addition, the war is expected lead so far decline in availability of wheat for Many African countries that import a lot of The item is from Russia or Ukraine. Six West African countries import 30%-50% of Their wheat is from Russia and Ukraine, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization.
On the other hand side of continent, on horn of Africa, the worst drought in 40 years currently Risking livelihood of millions. in parts of Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, more from 13 million people Threatened by acute hunger, according to UN figures.
