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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Carlos Mureithi East Africa correspondent

Almost two dozen countries at high risk of acute hunger, UN report reveals

People walking near the open air enrance to what may be a compound with UNHCR banners on either side of the entrance
A United Nations refugee transit centre at Renk, on the border between Sudan and South Sudan. Photograph: Jok Solomun/Reuters

Acute food insecurity is expected to worsen in war-stricken Sudan and nearly two dozen other countries and territories in the next six months, largely as a result of conflict and violence, an analysis by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme has found.

The latest edition of the twice-yearly Hunger Hotspots report, published on Thursday, provides early warnings on food crises and situations around the world where food insecurity is likely to worsen, with a focus on the most severe and deteriorating situations of acute hunger.

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