Aid cuts push millions in West and Central Africa deeper into hunger

Jan 17, 2026 - 17:00
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Aid cuts push millions in West and Central Africa deeper into hunger
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) issued the warning on Friday, citing latest analysis from the food security framework Cadre Harmonisé, the regional equivalent of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) that uses a one to five scale – with five spelling catastrophe/famine – to inform response.  It projects that 13 million children are also expected to suffer from malnutrition this year while over three million people will […]