The United Nations has warned that acute food insecurity is worsening in Nigeria and 15 other global hunger hotspots, putting millions at risk of famine between November 2025 and May 2026.
While the UN ldescribed Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Myanmar, Nigeria, Somalia, and Syria, as “very high concern” zones, Haiti, Mali, Palestine, South Sudan, Sudan, and Yemen, it said, are facing an imminent risk of catastrophic hunger, classified under the highest phase (IPC/CH Phase 5).
According to the report, conflict, economic shocks, and extreme weather events remain the major drivers of hunger, while shrinking humanitarian funding threatens to push several countries toward catastrophic levels of food insecurity.