Africa’s Crises Fall Out of Focus As Global Attention Drifts

Care International has listed the ten forgotten humanitarian crises of last year — all of them in Africa. Climate change plays a huge role, the aid organization says, and more media attention is needed.

Crises in Africa are being overlooked, with news about humanitarian emergencies on the continent buried beneath the weight of media attention focused elsewhere, Care International’s 2023 report concludes.

That means issues such as hunger in Angola, chronic malnutrition in Burundi and high child…