A global report released Monday projects that Africa will account for nearly 60% of the world's hungry people by 2030.

The report by five United Nations agencies says that more than one in five people on the African continent — a total of about 307 million — was chronically undernourished in 2024, meaning hunger is more prevalent than it was 20 years ago.

Around 673 million people, or 8.2% of the world's population, experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5% in 2023, according to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report (SOFI).

"The extreme food insecurity is being driven by conflict, and we have the largest number of conflicts in the last decade," Alvaro Lario, President of........

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