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Middle East conflict drives up food insecurity - WFP

Middle East conflict drives up food insecurity - WFP

The Middle East conflict continues to reverberate around the world, warns the UN World Food Programme (WFP). - In Somalia, 2.5 million won't be able to afford a basic food basket. - In Afghanistan, 2.3 millon will fall into acute food insecurity. - In Sri Lanka, 1.3 millon won't manage to meet their food needs. Watch WFP’s Jean-Martin Bauer brief on the impact of trade disruptions and spiraling fuel and food prices on food security and livelihoods.