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Malnutrition Soars in DR Congo as Acute Hunger Grips Millions

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - At least 15.6 million people in the Democratic Republic of
   Congo are suffering from acute food shortages, sending malnutrition
   rates among children soaring, the U.N. World Food Program warns.

   United Nations officials worry that the DRC might overtake Yemen as the
   biggest hunger emergency in the world.

   The WFP says it needs $172 million to support short-term food
   requirements in Congo. WFP spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs told VOA her
   agency plans to provide food assistance this year to 8.6 million people
   suffering from extreme hunger, an increase of nearly two million over
   the record number of famished people it assisted in 2019.

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