The latest news today – among them is an Arab country … United Nations warns of famine in 4 countries

The Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Program have warned that Burkina Faso, South Sudan, northeastern Nigeria and Yemen are threatened with famine.

A report on the two aforementioned organizations said that “some people living in these four regions face a critical state of hunger, and that escalating conflicts and growing difficulties in obtaining humanitarian aid may lead to a risk of famine. “.

The report highlighted the convergence of several factors, including “conflict, economic decline, climate situation and the Corona epidemic, causing people to drown further in the emergency phase of food insecurity”.

The report stresses that “these four regions are far from isolated cases, as the world map shows that rates of acute food insecurity have reached new heights around the world.”

The report adds that “16 countries are threatened by increasing levels of acute hunger.” These countries are Venezuela, Haiti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Lebanon, Syria and Afghanistan.