By Nneka Nwogwugwu
An estimated 18.4 million people are suffering from unprecedented hunger with over 1.5 million seeking protection and urgent help.
These conditions according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) German-partner organisation, have been made worse around the world including Africa as a result of the Russia-Ukraine War.
The UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe, on Monday, also believe the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and droughts are some of the factors worsening humanitarian crises like the one in Yemen.
The organisation raises the alarm that migrants and internally displaced people as well as host populations who take those groups in will suffer most from food shortages and hunger.
“In the Horn of Africa alone, which is currently experiencing the worst drought in 40 years, an estimated 18.4 million people are suffering from acute hunger,” the German partner organization of the UN refugee agency UNHCR said.
According to InfoMigrants, over 1.5 million people seeking protection are also in urgent need of help.
It also highlighted the horrible situation in Yemen, where a civil war has been raging for almost eight years now, causing the already unbalanced economy to collapse and leaving 80% of the population dependent on aid.
The civil war has made the United Nations call Yemen the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
It said that failed grain deliveries and rising food prices have been making the difficult situation worse: 17.4 million people, or more than half of Yemen’s entire population, are on the brink of famine, according to UN refugee relief. Among them are 3.8 million internally displaced people and refugees.
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