'A quarter billion people are facing severe food insecurity', UN report says

An Indian woman feeds her child at a shanty area in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012.

These food shortages are primarily due to conflicts, climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Source: AP / AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A

An alarming UN report states that worldwide, more than a billion people are facing food insecurity. The situation is even more serious in countries like Africa and the situation calls for intervention by the Australian government.


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