Persisting Acute Food Insecurity in Africa Tied to Conflict

Nearly 164 million Africans are estimated to be facing acute food insecurity—comprising households that are experiencing high rates of acute hunger (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification 3 (Crisis) and above). This is the third year in a row that over 160 million Africans have faced acute food insecurity, underscoring the sustained high levels of strain households are facing to meet basic food needs. Famine conditions persist in parts of Sudan, South Sudan, and Somalia that are most isolated because of the fighting. Moreover, an estimated 10,300 people in Borno, Nigeria, the heart of the Islamist militant insurgency, are also expected to experience famine conditions. … Conflict continues to be the primary driver of acute food insecurity in Africa. Roughly 134 million (80 percent) falling under this classification in Africa, including all of those in famine, are in countries experiencing conflict. The number of Africans facing acute food insecurity today is nearly triple that of 2019, where 61 million were reported to face crisis levels of food security or above. (Africa Center for Strategic Studies)