UN warns of mass starvation in Africa
Print Edition
THE risk of mass starvation in four countries — northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen — is rapidly rising due to drought and conflict, the United Nations refugee agency said yesterday.
Some 20 million people live in hard-hit areas where harvests have failed and malnutrition rates are rising, particularly among young children, it said.
In South Sudan alone — where the UN has declared famine in some areas — “a further 1 million people are now on the brink of famine,” UN High Commissioner for Refugees spokesman Adrian Edwards said.
“We are raising our alarm level further by today warning that the risk of mass deaths from starvation among populations in the Horn of Africa, Yemen and Nigeria is growing,” Edwards told a news briefing.
“This really is an absolutely critical situation that is rapidly unfolding across a large swathe of Africa from west to east.”
People are on the run within their countries and there are also greater numbers of South Sudanese fleeing to Sudan and Uganda, the UNHCR said.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
