The International Committee of the Red Cross says it will 'ramp up' its operations in 10 African countries as part of its hunger alleviation fight, as record numbers of people on the continent go without food. | CdeLENIN
Head of International Committee of the Red Cross' Global Operations, Dominik Stillhart, gives a statement during a joint press conference with the ICRC Africa. War in Ukraine is taking the spotlight off Africa's biggest crisis.The International Committee of the Red Cross says it will"ramp up" its operations in 10 African countries as part of its hunger alleviation fight, as record numbers of people on the continent go without food.
The ICRC has mapped that the food crisis is more evident in Mauritania and Burkina Faso, cutting across the continent to Somalia and Ethiopia. While a lot of attention has been drawn to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, as Russia continues its attack, the ICRC says the situation in Africa is mostly under the radar."This is a disaster going largely unnoticed," Stillhart said, adding that the war was also bad for Africa because"the international armed conflict in Ukraine has contributed to rising food and fuel costs and longer delivery times due to supply routes disruptions".
"This crisis is the result of combined effects of armed conflict, notably in the Sahel, the DRC, and Ethiopia, and repeated climate shocks. The Horn of Africa is experiencing its worst drought in years following three successive failed rainy seasons," he said.This is because of the hunger situation in countries such as South Sudan, which according to the World Food Programme , will rise to over 70% of the population facing extreme hunger.
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