Most Australians unaware 20 million people on brink of starvation

More than 20 million people in Africa are at risk of starving to death, yet two-thirds of Australians know very little about it. Image: Caritas Australia CEO Paul O'Callaghan visiting a health clinic in Kenya's Kitui province (Mohamed Sheikh Nor)

Caritas Australia CEO Paul O'Callaghan visiting a health clinic in Kenya's Kitui province Source: Mohamed Sheikh Nor

That's what an aid agency-commissioned poll has found, after people were asked about the worsening famine in East Africa.

 

Some of the hardest-hit countries are South Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Yemen.