In 2023, there be a plunderous increase o' landlubbers starvin', says the scurvy UN report! Arrr!
2024-04-25
Arrr, mateys! The scallywags be sayin' that near 282 million landlubbers in 59 lands be starvin' like a crew without grog! 'Tis all 'cause the food stores be runnin' low, they say. Avast ye, we best be keepin' an eye on our own rum rations!
Arrr matey! Nearly 282 million landlubbers in 59 countries be sufferin' from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza takin' the brunt of the famine, as per the Global Report on Food Crises that be released this week. The scallywags at the U.N. be sayin' that 24 million more souls be facin' a lack of grub compared to the year before, especially in the Gaza Strip and Sudan.The chief economist for the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization, Máximo Torero, be claimin' that over 700,000 folks in five countries be at the highest level of hunger, which be four times the number when this global report started in 2016. Aye!Over 80% of them poor souls facin' famine be in Gaza, with other countries like South Sudan, Burkina Faso, Somalia, and Mali also havin' thousands starvin' to the bones. The outlook ain't good, with more people projected to be in Phase 5 and on the brink of famine by July.The U.N. Secretary-General be callin' this report a "roll call of human failings," and rightly so. This dire situation bein' worsened by conflicts and climate disasters, makin' it a tough pill to swallow. We need to act fast, me hearties, to prevent any more souls from perishin' due to hunger and malnutrition. Arrr!