By Mmeeme Leticia Luwenze,
SPECIAL REPORT:
A new UN report indicates that East Africa is leading other regions on the continent with the highest burden of malnutrition something that threatens to destroy a generation of children in the region.
According to a report, the number of malnourished people in East Africa is at 44% followed by Western Africa at 27%, Central Africa at 20%, Northern Africa at 6.2% and Southern Africa at 2.4%.
In a report, UN’s Food and Agriculture organization (FAO) Economic Commission (UNEC), and the African Union Commission (AUC) warns that the number of hungry people in Africa is on the rise with 21% of the continent’s population malnourished.
The report titled, “Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition indicates that the majority of undernourished people live in East Africa at 125 million people followed by Western Africa at 75 million and Central Africa at 57 million.
This year’s statistics represent a 4.3 % increase in Africa’s undernutrition level since 2014 attributed to conflict, climate change and economic showdowns.
