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Global Hunger Soared in 2024, Driven by War

HeadlineMay 19, 2025

A new U.N.-backed study has found global hunger reached a new high last year with more than 295 million people facing acute hunger — that’s twice the total from 2020. A leading driver of global hunger has been war and conflict. Acute hunger has soared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, the Sudan, South Sudan, Burma and Palestine.

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