World Food Programme Global Hotspots 2020
Publisher: World Food Programme
Author(s): European Commission
Date: 2020
Topics: Climate Change, Disasters, Governance, Humanitarian Assistance, Land, Renewable Resources
Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Haiti, Iraq, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Mali, Namibia, Niger, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
The WFP 2020 Global Hotspots Report highlights grave challenges in sub-Saharan Africa over the next six months with Zimbabwe, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central Sahel region standing out when it comes to the needs of hungry children, women and men. The WFP report notes that amidst an imploding economy, the situation in Zimbabwe is increasingly precarious as the country enters the peak of its “lean season” when food is at its most scarce and the number of hungry people has reached its highest point in a decade.