The Digest:
Nigeria and nine other conflict-hit countries now account for two-thirds of people facing acute food insecurity globally, a new international report has revealed. The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises found that 266 million people across 47 countries experienced high levels of acute food insecurity in 2025. Conflict remains the primary driver, accounting for more than half of all people facing severe hunger. Earlier in January, the UN disclosed that 35 million Nigerians are at risk of acute hunger this year.
Key Points:
- The other nine countries include Afghanistan, DRC, Sudan, Yemen, and Gaza.
- Famine was confirmed in Gaza and parts of Sudan in 2025, the first time two famines were recorded in one year.
- 35.5 million children were acutely malnourished in 2025.
- 85 million people were displaced across food-crisis contexts last year.
- Funding for food and nutrition responses has fallen to levels last seen a decade ago.
Sources: Punch Newspaper, UN Report
