Africa: All of Africa Today – November 19, 2025

Global Hunger Crisis Worsens as WFP Faces Dire Funding Shortfall

The world had been facing a rapidly worsening global hunger crisis with far too few resources to respond, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned. In its 2026 Global Outlook, WFP projected that 318 million people would face crisis-level hunger or worse, more than double the number in 2019. However, declines in humanitarian funding have forced the WFP to prioritize food assistance for roughly one-third of those who are in need….