THE United Nations’ food agencies warned on Wednesday that acute hunger is set to worsen across 13 global hotspots in the coming months, with conflict, funding shortages and climate shocks pushing millions closer to famine.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) said in a new joint report that conditions are expected to deteriorate between June and November 2026, with around 266 million people already facing high levels of acute food insecurity, and called for urgent action.

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