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Central Africa: Hunger Crisis Threatens West and Central Africa As Lean Season Looms

  • On May 9, 2025, the World Food Programme announced that approximately 52 million individuals across the West and Central African regions are expected to experience serious food shortages during the lean period from June to August.
  • This crisis results from ongoing conflict, extreme weather, economic decline, and rising food inflation worsened by increasing fuel costs across several countries.
  • Almost three million individuals in the region are expected to suffer from emergency-level hunger, including 2,600 people in Mali who may face catastrophic famine, while ongoing violence has forced approximately 10 million people to leave their homes across affected countries.
  • The WFP is calling for an urgent injection of $710 million to support 5.6 million of the most at-risk individuals, emphasizing that recent funding shortfalls have limited aid delivery to only 60% of their goal, which may lead to a rise in food insecurity.
  • If aid shortfalls persist, the region could face famine and increased displacement, prompting calls for sustained humanitarian support and long-term resilience programs to protect communities.
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allAfrica broke the news in South Africa on Thursday, May 8, 2025.
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