Oluchi Chibuzor and Uyanwanne Hephzibah
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), yesterday warned that acute food insecurity is expected to worsen further for millions of people across 13 countries deemed “hunger hotspots” between June and November 2026.
This was disclosed in the latest edition of the Hunger Hotspots report, released twice a year through the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC), identifies Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen and Palestine as the world’s most critical hunger hotspots in terms of severity and magnitude of hunger.
However, Nigeria, according to the report has been added to the list of countries of highest concern, following projections indicating that populations in Borno State may face catastrophe levels of acute food insecurity (defined as an extreme lack of food/other basic needs, with starvation, death, destitution and extremely critical acute malnutrition levels evident) during the upcoming period covered by the report.
Similarly, Somalia has also been placed in this category with populations in the Bay region of Burhakaba District facing a risk of Famine.
