Tag: Hunger

Dakar, Senegal – May 12, 2025 Without immediate funding, WFP will be forced to scale down even further, both in the number of people reached and the size of food rations distributed A dire hunger crisis is unfolding in West and Central Africa, with nearly 53 million people projected to face severe food insecurity during the June-August 2025 lean season, according to the latest Cadre Harmonisé food security analysis. The World Food Programme (WFP) has sounded the alarm, warning that almost three million people are at risk of emergency or catastrophic hunger levels, with 2,600 individuals in Mali facing the most extreme conditions (IPC/CH Phase 5). This marks a 16-million-person increase in food insecurity since earlier this year, driven by a toxic combination of conflict, climate sh...

Burkina Faso has been struck by drought and desertification which has resulted in famine. The landlocked West African nation of Burkina Faso has been hard hit by drought and desertification. The AFP and Africanews report that the landlocked nation has been hit hard by draught which has caused large scale hunger among its citizens. Just east of capital Ouagadougou, once fertile land is now dry. The country which is famed for food production and fertile earth has turned a shadow of itself. Previously productive lands are now good for gathering pebbles, due to years of drought and the erosion of the top soil. The slow advance of desertification, comes as populations from the north and across the Sahel are being pushed from their homes by violence linked to jihadists. Food inse...

Tag: Hunger

Hunger Crisis in West & Central Africa Worsens

Famine Strikes in Burkina Faso as Farmers Seek Help