Paris, May 16, 2025 (AFP) - Global acute hunger hits new high, 2025 outlook 'bleak': UN-backed report

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2025-05-16

More than 295 million people faced acute hunger last year, a new high driven by conflict along with other crises -- and the outlook is "bleak" for 2025 as humanitarian aid falters, a UN-backed report said Friday. It was the sixth consecutive annual increase in the number of people hit with "high levels" of acute food insecurity, according to the Global Report on Food Crises. A total of 295.3 million people endured acute hunger last year -- almost......

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