Global Hunger Crisis Intensifies as Acute Food Insecurity Doubles in a Decade
A recent report from Action Against Hunger, highlighted at an Overseas Development Institute (ODI) event, reveals a significant escalation in global hunger. An estimated 266 million people across 47 countries and territories faced acute food insecurity in 2025, a figure that has doubled since 2016. The UK's Minister of State for International Development, Kirsty McNeill, expressed outrage at the situation, noting that 645 million people went hungry last year and a third of humanity could not afford a healthy diet. Famine was confirmed in two locations in the same year, despite the world producing enough food for everyone. McNeill emphasized that hunger is not a supply problem but rather an issue of access, inequality, and political choices. Humanitarian funding for food security has drastically fallen by more than half over the past three years, exacerbating the crisis. Ten countries account for 170 million of those facing acute food insecurity, with Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sudan alo...