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Hunger rising in C. America amid climate, virus shocks: UN Issued on: 3 min Geneva (AFP) The United Nations warned Tuesday that hunger levels are soaring across much of Central America as countries battle economic crises sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic and extreme climate events. The UN s World Food Programme said that levels of hunger had risen nearly four-fold in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, from 2.2 million people affected in 2018 to nearly eight million now. Of that figure, some 1.7 million people are considered to be in the emergency category of food insecurity, meaning they need urgent food assistance, WFP said, urging more international support. ....
Hunger levels are soaring across much of Central America as countries battle economic crises sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic and extreme climate events ....