A new United Nations report has revealed that acute food insecurity is set to increase in both magnitude and severity across 22 countries and territories.

The report 'Hunger Hotspots' warns that the spread of conflict, particularly in the Middle East, coupled with climate and economic stressors is pushing millions of people to the brink.

It also spotlights the regional fallout from the crisis in Gaza which has seen Lebanon engulfed in conflict and warns that the La Niña weather pattern could impact climates through March 2025, threatening fragile food systems in already vulnerable regions.

To discuss this further is WFP regional food security analyst, Hein Zeelie.

A new United Nations report has revealed that acute food insecurity is set to increase in both magnitude and severity across 22 countries and territories.
The report 'Hunger Hotspots' warns that the spread of conflict, particularly in the Middle East, coupled with climate and economic stressors is pushing millions of people to the brink.
It also spotlights the regional fallout from the crisis in Gaza which has seen Lebanon engulfed in conflict and warns that the La Niña weather pattern could impact climates through March 2025, threatening fragile food systems in already vulnerable regions.
To discuss this further is WFP regional food security analyst, Hein Zeelie.

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New UN report has revealed that acute food insecurity is set to increase

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Sudan has been named the world's most neglected crisis of 2025. This is according to a Context crisis poll of 22 leading aid organisations. The  humanitarian catastrophe engulfing Sudan has unleashed horrific violence on children and uprooted nearly a quarter of the population.Some 30 million Sudanese people - roughly equivalent to Australia's population - need assistance, but experts warn that warehouses are nearly empty, aid operations face collapse and two cities have tipped into famine. Thuto Ngobeni compiled this report.

Sudan has been named the world's most neglected crisis of 2025. This is according to a Context crisis poll of 22 leading aid organisations. The &nbsp;humanitarian catastrophe engulfing Sudan has unleashed horrific violence on children and uprooted nearly a quarter of the population.Some 30 million Sudanese people - roughly equivalent to Australia's population - need assistance, but experts warn that warehouses are nearly empty, aid operations face collapse and two cities have tipped into famine. Thuto Ngobeni compiled this report.

Sudan Named World's Most Neglected Crisis of 2025

In this half an hour we look at the year that was for regional blocs - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and West African regional organisation (Ecowas)...  Governments across Southern Africa have had to deal with a number of setbacks in 2025 as domestic and global pressure challenge the capacity of the bloc to deal with regional challenges such as post-election political crisis in Mozambique, the socioeconomic problems of Zimbabwe and Malawi... Ecowas on the other end it's facing challenges of division with Sahel countries, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have withdrawn from the organisation and have formed a new Sahel region organisation. All these compounded by the  shock as US President Donald Trump announce a raft of global trade tariffs in April and cutting aid to a number of African countries .Now to look at all this and what these regional blocs are to expect in the year 2026 is Policy and Political Analyst, Prof Somadoda Fikeni

In this half an hour we look at the year that was for regional blocs - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and West African regional organisation (Ecowas)... &nbsp;Governments across Southern Africa have had to deal with a number of setbacks in 2025 as domestic and global pressure challenge the capacity of the bloc to deal with regional challenges such as post-election political crisis in Mozambique, the socioeconomic problems of Zimbabwe and Malawi... Ecowas on the other end it's facing challenges of division with Sahel countries, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have withdrawn from the organisation and have formed a new Sahel region organisation. All these compounded by the &nbsp;shock as US President Donald Trump announce a raft of global trade tariffs in April and cutting aid to a number of African countries .Now to look at all this and what these regional blocs are to expect in the year 2026 is Policy and Political Analyst, Prof Somadoda Fikeni

New UN report has revealed that acute food insecurity is set to increase

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