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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Saeed Kamali Dehghan

Nearly half of all child deaths in Africa stem from hunger, study shows

Schoolchildren in the Amboasary-South district of Madagascar eat lunch provided by the World Food Programme.
Schoolchildren in the Amboasary-South district of Madagascar eat lunch provided by the World Food Programme. Photograph: Rijasolo/AFP/Getty Images

One in three African children are stunted and hunger accounts for almost half of all child deaths across the continent, an Addis Ababa-based thinktank has warned.

In an urgent call for action, a study by the African Child Policy Forum said that nearly 60 million children in Africa do not have enough food despite the continent’s economic growth in recent years.

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