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.
