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UN report warns world hunger levels are on the rise

Wednesday, 12 September 2018 2:07 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 12 September 2018 2:11 AM ]

In this file photo taken on October 26, 2017 a malnourished child gets measured in a clinic treating cases of sever malnourishment in Tshikapa in the restive region of Kasai, central Democratic Republic of Congo. (AFP)

Max Civili
Press TV, Rome

Five UN agencies launched the latest edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report in Rome. The study has found that the number of hungry people is again on the rise worldwide after over a decade of decline and that climate variability and extremes, conflict and economic slowdown were among the main drivers. Max Civili reports.

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