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West Africa is facing its worst food crisis on record driven by conflict, drought, and the impact of the war in Ukraine on food prices and availability, aid agencies said on Tuesday.

There are about 27 million people suffering from hunger in the region and that number could rise to 38 million by June, a 40% increase from last year and a historic high, said 11 international aid organisations in a joint statement.

Cereal production in 2021/22 was down 39% year-on-year in Niger and 15% in Mali, according to West Africa’s Food Crisis Prevention Network.

 

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It gets worse everywhere they bleed people dry

🔻 ❗️ We call on Washington to stop pumping Ukraine with lethal weapons. It is the 🇺🇸 United States that provokes more and more victims. UnderSecT 🔻

Ukraine government please give or provide people s especially does people who've live in rural areas..... Government please must be go in sanction

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