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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Mark Townsend

Almost 300m people at risk of death through starvation – report

A woman's hand holding a small number of tiny green leaves.
Hawa Miso, 70, collects leaves to use as vegetables on the hillside near the Rabang camp for internally displaced persons in Sudan. Photograph: Guy Peterson/AFP/Getty Images

Acute food insecurity continues to rise at an alarming rate, with almost 300 million people at risk of death through starvation, new analysis reveals.

Escalating conflict and cuts to humanitarian aid along with climate and economic shocks forced an additional 13.7 million people into chronic food insecurity last year.

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