“While dealing with a COVID-19 pandemic, we are also on the brink of a hunger pandemic,” David Beasley, the director of the UN World Food Program warns
, the United Nations is warning that without action, the world is at risk of numerous famines “of biblical proportions” in the near future.where he expressed concerns that the world is on “the brink of a hunger pandemic.”You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications.
He explained that famines could be seen “in about three dozen countries,” ten of which already have more than 1 million people on the verge of starvation. Moving forward, the WFP is urging that countries make peace with one another, calling out for a “global ceasefire” so that the organization has “unimpeded humanitarian access to all vulnerable communities” to give them assistance.
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