WFP food distribution in Kaya, Burkina Faso. Image Source: WFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn the Democratic Republic of Congo, he said conflict and instability had already forced 15.5 million people into crisis levels of food insecurity.<\/p>\n
The same scenario of hunger and famine is seen in Yemen, which he touted as the world\u2019s worst catastrophe and worst human disaster as 20 million people are already in crisis due to war, a collapsed economy, and currency devaluation, crippling food prices and the destruction of public infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Because of a lack of funding, he said 8.5 million WFP beneficiaries in Yemen only receive assistance now every other month.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will be forced to cut rations for the remaining 4.5 million by December if funds do not increase. You can only imagine the impact that will have on the Yemeni people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In Nigeria, he also detailed that Covid-19 is forcing more people to food insecurity with reduced incomes in 80 percent of households. In northeast Nigeria, 4.3 million people are food insecure, up by 600,000 largely due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n
In South Sudan, the outlook there is similarly worrying, where even before the pandemic, 6.5 million people were expected to face severe food insecurity at the height of the lean season.<\/p>\n
He shared that the number of people facing crisis levels of hunger in South Sudan has tripled to 3.3 million people, as Covid-19 compounds the situation of displacement, security, and access problems.<\/p>\n
In parts of Latin America, he also said hungry families have started hanging white flags outside their houses to show they need help. WFP data also showed 17.1 million severely food insecure people today as compared with 4.5 million only six or seven months ago.<\/p>\n
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