More than 25,000 people could face starvation in conflict-plagued parts of West Africa next year, a United Nations official warned Friday.
Federico Doehnert of the World Food Program said violence and the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine are largely driving the threat to people in Nigeria, Mali and Burkina Faso."One of the most striking things is that where we already had issues with severe food insecurity last year, this year we're seeing a further deterioration" Doehnert said while presenting findings of the latest joint U.N. food security report in Dakar, Senegal.
"We only get food when convoys come. Unfortunately, they are not coming on a regular basis," Sidi Dicko, a resident of Djibo, told The Associated Press by phone. "We pray for God to help us out of this situation." Displaced people there say they lack jobs and can't afford food. "Before , I would go to the market to work and bring back food for my family," Oumar Barry said, speaking to The Associated Press from a camp in Mopti city where he shelters with his 10 children.Other regional nations that aren't plagued by the same levels of violence also face hunger problems.
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