UNITED NATIONS — Thirty four countries – nearly 80 percent of them in Africa – don’t have enough food for their people because of conflicts, drought and flooding, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday.
The Food and Agriculture Organization’s Crop Prospects and Food Situation report said conflicts in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, and the Central African Republic have taken a heavy toll on agricultural production, worsening the humanitarian crisis in those countries.
And the impact of these conflicts extends to neighboring countries that are hosting refugees, straining food resources in those countries, it said.
Congo is not only dealing with almost 100,000 refugees from Central African Republic but conflict in the east where an estimated 1.5 million people are displaced and flooding related to El Nino which has affected about half a million people, the report said.
FAO said drought associated with El Nino has “sharply reduced” 2016 crop production prospects in southern Africa.
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