FAO and WFP warn hunger is worsening across 13 hotspots

Published by Albis · 18 Jun 2026

The UN food agencies say acute food insecurity is expected to worsen between June and November 2026, with Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen and Palestine still at highest concern and Nigeria and Somalia now joining that group as famine risks rise

• • The warning flags worsening cross-regional hunger risk with movement toward catastrophic conditions in multiple conflict zones.
• • The report was released through the Global Network Against Food Crises, which publishes the Hunger Hotspots assessment twice a year.
• • Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen and Palestine remain the world’s most critical hunger hotspots in terms of severity and magnitude, according to FAO and WFP.
• • Nigeria and Somalia have now been added to the list of countries of highest concern as conditions deteriorate toward catastrophic levels.