258 million needed urgent food aid in 2022: UN
258 million people needed emergency food aid last year due to conflict, economic shocks, and climate disasters, a sharp rise from 193 million the previous year. Over 35 million children under five years old were malnourished and dangerously thin.
More than half of the 376,000 people on the brink of starvation lived in Somalia, experiencing a devastating drought linked to climate change. Humanitarian funding pales in comparison to what is needed, says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
