{"id":125763,"date":"2025-05-17T11:30:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T08:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=125763"},"modified":"2025-05-17T11:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T08:30:06","slug":"conflict-and-climate-drive-record-global-hunger-in-2024-un-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/un-news\/125763-conflict-and-climate-drive-record-global-hunger-in-2024-un-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Conflict and Climate Drive Record Global Hunger in 2024, UN Warns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Acute food insecurity escalated for the sixth consecutive year in 2024, with over 295 million people across 53 countries and territories affected\u2014a 5% increase from 2023, Arab News reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UN\u2019s 2025 Global Report on Food Crises highlights conflict, climate extremes, and economic shocks as overlapping drivers, pushing 22.6% of populations in worst-hit regions to crisis-level hunger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Famine-like conditions more than doubled to 1.9 million people, the highest since monitoring began in 2016. Conflict, particularly in Gaza, Sudan, and South Sudan, left nearly 140 million food-insecure. Economic turmoil, including inflation, exacerbated crises in Syria and Yemen, affecting 59.4 million\u2014double pre-pandemic levels. Meanwhile, El Ni\u00f1o-induced droughts and floods displaced 96 million, especially in Southern Africa and the Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-17-112835-1024x565.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-17-112835-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-17-112835-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-17-112835-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-17-112835.png 1046w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly 38 million children under five suffered acute malnutrition across 26 crisis zones, including Sudan, Yemen, Mali, and Gaza, a UN report revealed. Forced displacement worsened hunger, with 95 million refugees and internally displaced people in food-insecure nations like DR Congo and Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite overall deterioration, 15 countries\u2014including Ukraine, Kenya, and Guatemala\u2014saw improved food security due to aid, better harvests, and reduced conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Humanitarian aid faces severe funding cuts (10\u201345%), compounded by the U.S. slashing 80% of USAID programs. The UN urges investment in local agriculture to break the hunger cycle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acute food insecurity escalated for the sixth consecutive year in 2024, with over 295 million people across 53 countries and territories affected\u2014a 5% increase from 2023, Arab News reported. 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