Unprecedented Food Crisis in Africa: 3 in 4 Unable to Afford Healthy Diet

Conflicts, climate change, COVID-19 aftermath, and global grain supply issues exacerbate crisis, with children under 5 among the most affected.

Three-fourths of Africans can't afford a healthy diet, and a fifth are undernourished due to an unprecedented food crisis.
The crisis is caused by conflicts, climate change, the aftereffects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact on world grain supplies from Russia's war in Ukraine.
In 2022, as many as 342 million Africans were severely food-insecure, representing 38% of the 735 million hungry people around the world.
Among those most affected by the food crisis in Africa are children under age 5, 30% of whom are stunted because of malnutrition.
In Nigeria, Africa's largest economy and a top oil producer, nearly 93% of the country's more than 210 million people are unable to afford a healthy diet.