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War, Economic Chaos Defied Drive To End Hunger In 2023: UN

A man stands among animal carcasses in the village of Antalale in Ethiopia in January 2023. According to a UN report, hunger affected one in every five people in Africa last year (Credit: AFP)

Conflict, economic turbulence and extreme weather scuppered efforts to curb hunger last year, with around nine percent of the world's population affected, UN agencies said on Wednesday.

About 733 million people may have faced hunger in 2023, a level that has held steady for three years after a steep rise following the Covid-19 pandemic, they said in a report.

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