The Food and Agricultural Organisation, FAO and the World Food Programme, WFP report has warned that severe food insecurity is likely to worsen further in Nigeria and 19 other countries between February and May 2022.
The report which was released by the FAO and WFP issued an early
warning for serious humanitarian action in what they described as 20
“hunger hotspots” where part of the population is likely to face decline
of severe food insecurity in the coming months that will put their lives
and livelihoods at risk.
It added that Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen remained at the
highest alert level from the previous edition of its report. Other countries
listed were Mozambique, Syria, Myanmar, Central African Republic,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Madagascar, Afghanistan and
Angola, among others.
According to the report, in their last available assessments, these
countries all had parts of populations identified or projected to
experience starvation and death (Catastrophe, Integrated Food Security
Phase Classification [IPC] Phase 5), requiring the most urgent attention.
