Africa famine could be worst in decades

A five-year drought and a locust infestation in East Africa, ongoing regional conflicts, the Covid pandemic, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are intensifying food insecurity for more than 80 million people


FOOD INSECURITY IN AFRICA

Mali 
Niger
Chad 
Sudan 
Ethiopia 
Yemen
Nigeria
South Sudan
D.R. Congo
Zimbabwe
Uganda
Somalia 
Kenya
Madagascar
Mozambique

Minimal 
Stressed
Crisis 
Emergency


Drought: Rainfall in Horn of Africa less than 50% of average 

Locusts: Infestation destroying crops in East Africa

Conflict: Boko Haram in West Africa and al-Shabab in Somalia disrupting farming and aid distribution

Covid / Ukraine war: Food, fuel and fertilizer supplies reduced, and higher costs


Sources: FEWS, Save the Children
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