UN says 18.4 mln people experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity in HOA – China.org.cn

ADDIS ABABA, June 11 (Xinhua) — At least 18.4 million people are already experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity and rising malnutrition across the three Horn of Africa (HOA) countries of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has warned. The UNOCHA, in its latest situation update issued late Friday, said the number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity and rising malnutrition across the three countries could further increase to 20 million by September 2022. In Somalia, some 7.1 million people are now acutely food insecure, including 213,000 people…