World looks away as millions starve

The United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) warned this week that funding cuts mean it will struggle to feed even a third of the 318 million people facing severe hunger next year.

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“Declines in global humanitarian funding are forcing WFP to prioritise food assistance to roughly one third of those in need,” targeting 110 million of the most vulnerable, it said in a statement.

That would cost $13 billion (about R223 billion), the agency estimated — but warned that “current funding forecasts indicate WEP may only receive close to half that goal”.