War, drought, El Niño
Africa: 16 million people threatened by hunger crisis
Drought, El Niño and economic instability are threatening the survival of more than 16 million people in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi.
Patrick Sikana, CARE Regional Director in Southern Africa: "This crisis is exacerbating poverty, inequality and has serious consequences for the health of women and children. While the world looks ahead to COP29, the consequences of climate change are already destroying livelihoods."
The countries in southern Africa hardly contribute to climate change, but are particularly affected by the devastating consequences. Children are the main victims. Over 478 million live in war zones. This harrowing reality means that one in six children lives in constant danger - especially in Africa, Ukraine and the Middle East.
1.1 billion people worldwide live in extreme poverty
According to a UN report, 1.1 billion people live in extreme poverty, 40 percent of them in conflict zones.
According to the report, more than half of those affected by this particularly severe poverty - 584 million people - are minors. That is 27.9 percent of children and young people worldwide. Among adults worldwide, the poverty rate is 13.5 percent.
Poverty most extreme in India
According to the study, the majority of the 1.1 billion people affected, 83.2 percent, live in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. India is the worst affected country. According to the report, 234 million of the country's 1.4 billion people live in extreme poverty.
According to the report, poverty is also particularly high in Pakistan, Ethiopia, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the UNDP and OPHI, almost half of the people living in extreme poverty live in these five countries.
This article has been automatically translated,
read the original article here.
Kommentare
Liebe Leserin, lieber Leser,
die Kommentarfunktion steht Ihnen ab 6 Uhr wieder wie gewohnt zur Verfügung.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
das krone.at-Team
User-Beiträge geben nicht notwendigerweise die Meinung des Betreibers/der Redaktion bzw. von Krone Multimedia (KMM) wieder. In diesem Sinne distanziert sich die Redaktion/der Betreiber von den Inhalten in diesem Diskussionsforum. KMM behält sich insbesondere vor, gegen geltendes Recht verstoßende, den guten Sitten oder der Netiquette widersprechende bzw. dem Ansehen von KMM zuwiderlaufende Beiträge zu löschen, diesbezüglichen Schadenersatz gegenüber dem betreffenden User geltend zu machen, die Nutzer-Daten zu Zwecken der Rechtsverfolgung zu verwenden und strafrechtlich relevante Beiträge zur Anzeige zu bringen (siehe auch AGB). Hier können Sie das Community-Team via unserer Melde- und Abhilfestelle kontaktieren.