New York-Sana
The International Committee of the Red Cross has announced that about 346 million people in Africa suffer from acute food insecurity, which means that a quarter of the continent's population does not have enough to eat.
And the United Nations News Center quoted Patrick Youssef, the Regional Director for Africa at the International Committee of the Red Cross, as saying: "Extreme weather events are one of the important factors for food insecurity in African countries."
He added: Food insecurity is mainly due to conflicts, which often cause displacement and loss of livelihoods and prevent farmers from growing crops.
Youssef called for steps to address food insecurity to ensure that the basic needs of civilians are met and for increased funding to address the food crisis to save lives and meet needs to strengthen the capacities of all actors including humanitarian and development agencies, financial institutions and local and regional authorities.
Youssef pointed out that the Sahel region was subjected to the worst drought in more than ten years, leaving more than 10.5 million people suffering from malnutrition and affecting children as a result of the worsening food crisis.
9.6 million people in Sudan and 6.8 million people in South Sudan suffer from severe food insecurity. Acute food insecurity has worsened in Somalia since the beginning of this year, with an estimated 4.8 million people facing a food crisis, according to the committee.
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