Published on : 14 Nov 2025, 7:39 am

Acute food insecurity is set to worsen across 16 countries and territories between November 2025 and May 2026, a new joint United Nations report has warned.

The report, Hunger Hotspots FAO–WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity November 2025 to May 2026 outlook , was released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) on November 12, 2025.

The report cited six countries and territories of highest concern — Haiti, Mali, Palestine, South Sudan, Sudan and Yemen — where populations face an imminent risk of catastrophic hunger.

Six more countries — Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Myanmar, Nigeria, Somalia, and the Syrian Arab Republic — were classified as v

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