"As a percentage, Africa has the most people affected by hunger"
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In May 2021, the food price index calculated monthly by the FAO was increasing for the twelfth consecutive month, reaching its highest level since September 2011. In question, the increase in the price of vegetable oils, sugar and cereals (photo illustration).
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By: Jeanne Richard Follow
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On Monday, the UN presented a report warning of the sharp increase in hunger in the world.
The Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdowns as well as the rise in the price of certain foodstuffs that it has caused has exacerbated this situation.
The report also indicates that hunger is growing faster in Africa than elsewhere in the world.
Dominique Burgeon, director in Geneva of the office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is the guest of RFI.
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