Based on UNICEF data, nearly 90% of children do not meet the criterion for a minimum appropriate diet and over half of African children do not eat at the recommended frequency. Nutritional deficiencies are responsible for about 30% of all child mortalities in Africa.
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- Children make up half of Africa’s population with up to 20% of them being disabled. Due to malnutrition, a rising number of children are growing up stunted
- The situation is worsened by diseases such as HIV/AIDS which leaves children as orphans and places them in charge of their households at a very young age
STARVING CHILDREN IN AFRICA
Nutritional deficiencies are responsible for about 30% of all child mortalities in Africa. In some nations, undernutrition is twice as common in children from rural areas as it is for those living in an urban environment.
In many regions that suffer from continuous wars, it is simply impossible to gain access to food markets. Moreover, there are places where starvation is still employed as a tool of war by opposing forces.
Experts worry that the conflict in Ukraine may worsen hunger and food insecurity for some Africans since Ukraine and Russia are the major exporters of wheat and vegetable oil to African countries.
Across Africa, from east to west, people are experiencing a food crisis that is bigger and more complex than the continent has ever seen, say diplomats and humanitarian workers.
One in five Africans – a record 278 million people – were already facing hunger in 2021, according to data from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It says the situation has worsened.
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