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The hidden famine: update

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/15/business/global-food-crisis-davos/index.html

"the world is still in the grips of the worst food crisis in modern history"

"a senior nutrition manager at a clinic run by the International Rescue Committee in Mogadishu told CNN that its caseload had spiked 80% in one month, and that it was seeing a staggering 265% increase in severe malnutrition in children under the age of five."


https://www.reuters.com/graphics/AFRICA-HUNGER/lgpdkknwlvo/

"Staff at the Benadir maternity and paediatric hospital said admissions of malnourished children have more than doubled their patient numbers over the past year.

"Across Africa, from east to west, people are experiencing a food crisis that is bigger and more complex than the continent has ever seen, say diplomats and humanitarian workers."