Global hunger fell in 2024 for a third year, but conflict and climate shocks deepened crises in Africa and Middle East.

Around 673 million people, or 8.2 per cent of the world’s population, experienced hunger in 2024. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Food insecurity is rising in many parts of Africa, with the number of people unable to afford a healthy diet surpassing 1 billion — some two-thirds of the continent’s population — in 2024, according to a United Nations report published Monday.

World hunger fell in 2024, as declines in Asia and South America offset an increase in the number of people who lacked adequate diets in Africa, according to a UN analysis released Monday.

The number of hungry people around the world reduced for a third straight year in 2024. But across Africa, conflict, climate change, and economic shocks are increasing hunger and malnutrition.