Including Sudan: 10 countries account for two-thirds of people affected by global food crises

A UN-supported annual report stated that two-thirds of people who faced food crises worldwide last year live in just 10 countries, including Sudan, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which alone accounts for about one-third of those affected.

The report, “The State of Global Food Security,” based on data from the United Nations, the European Union, and humanitarian organizations, indicated that conflicts remain the main driver of acute food insecurity.

It warned that conflicts and extreme climate events are “likely to maintain or worsen the situation in a number of countries,” making the outlook for 2026 “bleak.”

The report explained that acute food insecurity is heavily concentrated in 10 countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.

It added that improvements seen in some countries, such as Bangladesh and Syria, have “almost entirely faded due to significant deteriorations” in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar, and Zimbabwe.

For the first time in the history of this report, now in its tenth edition, famine conditions were confirmed in two different contexts within the same year: in the Gaza Strip and in parts of Sudan.