Four
countries face famine threat as global food crisis
deepens
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[March 31, 2017] LONDON
(Reuters) - Global food crises worsened significantly in 2016 and
conditions look set to deteriorate further this year in some areas with
an increasing risk of famine, a report said on Friday.
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"There
is a high risk of famine in some areas of north-eastern Nigeria,
Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen because of armed conflict, drought
and macro-economic collapse," the Food Security Information Network
(FSIN) said.
FSIN, which is co-sponsored by the United Nations food agency, the
World Food Programme and the International Food Policy Research
Institute, said the demand for humanitarian assistance was
escalating.
FSIN said that 108 million people were reported to be facing crisis
level food insecurity or worse in 2016, a drastic increase from the
previous year's total of almost 80 million.
The network uses a five phase scale with the third level classified
as crisis, fourth as emergency and fifth as famine/catastrophe.
"In 2017, widespread food insecurity is likely to persist in Iraq,
Syria (including among refugees in neighboring countries), Malawi
and Zimbabwe," the report said.
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(Reporting by Nigel Hunt; Editing by Ruth Pitchford)
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