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By GIADA ZAMPANO<\/strong><\/p>\n

ROME (AP) \u2014 The United Nations\u2019 food agencies warned Wednesday that acute hunger is set to worsen across 13 global hot spots in the coming months, with conflict, funding shortages and climate shocks pushing millions closer to famine.<\/p>\n

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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP) said in a new joint report that conditions are expected to deteriorate between June and November 2026, with around 266 million people already facing high levels of acute food insecurity, and called for urgent action.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe warnings in this report cannot be ignored,\u201d said WFP Acting Executive Director Carl Skau. \u201cWithout action now, millions more are expected to face worsening levels of hunger in the months ahead, pushing some closer to famine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen and the Gaza Strip remain the hot spots of greatest concern, the report said, while Nigeria and Somalia have been newly added to that category as conditions worsen and famine risks rise. Seven other countries are also on the hotspot list \u2014 Afghanistan, Congo, Myanmar, Haiti, Mali and new additions Lebanon and Madagascar.<\/p>\n

The agencies said conflict and violence are the main drivers of hunger in nearly all the hotspots, compounded by economic shocks, deep cuts to humanitarian funding and the expected impact of an El Ni\u00f1o weather pattern, which could bring droughts and floods to vulnerable regions. They warned that additional pressures, including spillover effects from the Middle East conflict and an Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, are worsening the outlook by disrupting markets, livelihoods and aid access.<\/p>\n

Funding for food assistance and related programs has dropped sharply \u2014 by about 59% since 2022 \u2014 even as needs have surged, the report said.<\/p>\n

There was a piece of good news on funding Tuesday: The United States pledged $800 million to WFP which the agency said will help more that 38 million people in at least 37 countries at \u201ca moment of unprecedented global need driving hunger to record levels.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But WFP\u2019s more than $10 billion appeal for 2026 still remains severely underfunded.<\/p>\n

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For years, the U.S. Agency for International Development had been the backbone of humanitarian aid around the globe. But last year, the Trump administration abolished the agency, cutting $60 billion in overall assistance. Under a reset in December, the U.S. has restored funding to WFP and just announced $218 million in assistance to the U.N. children\u2019s agency, UNICEF.<\/p>\n

WFP\u2019s Skau called the new U.S. donation \u201ca lifeline to reach people on the brink of famine, provide nutritional support to mothers and children and position food to prevent millions from slipping further into extreme hunger.\u201d<\/p>\n

Assessing the global hotspots, the report said that conditions in the Gaza Strip have improved since an October 2025 ceasefire but remain fragile. About 1.6 million people \u2014 roughly 77% of the population analyzed \u2014 were acutely food insecure earlier this year and in need of urgent assistance, including more than half a million in emergency levels and a smaller number facing catastrophic conditions.<\/p>\n

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Yemen remains \u201cone of the world\u2019s worst food security crises,\u201d hosting the largest population facing emergency or catastrophic levels of food insecurity, it said.<\/p>\n

And the threat of famine between now and November looms over people in Nigeria\u2019s Borno state and Somalia\u2019s Burhakaba district as well as in South Sudan\u2019s Jonglei and Upper Nile states, and in Sudan\u2019s North Darfur, South Darfur and South Kordofan regions.<\/p>\n

The FAO and the WFP called for swift, coordinated international action to scale up aid, protect livelihoods and prevent further deterioration, warning that without swift intervention, millions more could face catastrophic hunger in the months ahead.<\/p>\n

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Edith M. Lederer contributed to this report from the United Nations<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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