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Around 700 million people worldwide are facing hunger, UN reports

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent

(Worthy News) – The United Nations has reported that an estimated 735 million people around the world are facing hunger and that most of these are in Africa, the Christian Post (CP) reports.

Titled “State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World,” the report was published on Wednesday last week by five specialized UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, and the World Food Program, CP reports.

The UN report asserts that between 691 to 783 million people faced hunger in 2022, with a mid-range of 735 million, CP reports. This figure represents an increase of 122 million people compared to 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic began.

The authors of the UN report warned that if this crisis goes unchecked, one of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals for ending hunger by 2030 will not be achieved, CP said.

“Hunger is rising while the resources we urgently need to protect the most vulnerable are running dangerously low. As humanitarians, we are facing the greatest challenge we’ve ever seen. We need the global community to act swiftly, smartly and compassionately to reverse course and turn the tide on hunger,” WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain said in a statement. “At WFP, we are committed to working with all our partners — both old and new — to create a world where no one questions when their next meal will come,” McCain said.