The world's hungriest countries

Hunger is at crisis levels in many countries - but where is the need most urgent? Here are the hungriest countries in the world and the solutions we're delivering in the regions worst affected.
Meet the communities Action Against Hunger supports around the world and the inspiring staff who are transforming lives.
Hunger is at crisis levels in many countries - but where is the need most urgent? Here are the hungriest countries in the world and the solutions we're delivering in the regions worst affected.
Our work is only possible because of the incredible people who risk their lives every day to help others.
Civil war continues to devastate communities in Sudan – causing one of the largest refugee and hunger crises in the world. Forced to flee, many women and children become refugees in South Sudan.
While the blockade of humanitarian aid entering Gaza continues, Action Against Hunger’s food supplies are expected to last three more weeks in the North and only two more weeks in the South.
In this blog, Steve Race MP writes that with hunger and malnutrition on the rise, the world needs bold action – and the UK has a vital role to play.
Food and fuel are in short supply. Costs are soaring. And a million people are facing starvation. Our Logistics Manager, JG, describes how we’re overcoming the challenge of getting aid to the people in Gaza who so desperately need it.
Families in Gaza are experiencing the darkest time in their lives. People are dying of thirst, and there is little access to food, water and medicine. Donate today and we can get life-saving aid to Gaza quick. Together.
The violence in Sudan threatens to deepen the humanitarian crisis in a country that was already struggling. Before this outbreak, 15.8 million people were already in need of humanitarian aid. Over 11 million didn’t have enough healthy, nutritious food.
If the worst drought in a generation wasn’t making things hard enough, the conflict in Ukraine is causing food prices to skyrocket across East Africa. 50 million are already on the brink of famine. And the worst is yet to come.
This World Mental Health Day, psychologists give an inside view of how mothers and their children are coping with the ongoing conflict and how better mental health leads to improved health and wellbeing.
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine is threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions of civilians. So far, our emergency response to the crisis has reached 150,000 people in Ukraine and neighbouring Poland, Romania and Moldova.
We all know the conflict in Ukraine is devastating – the daily horrors are chilling and terrifying. But less well-known is the impact this will have in some of the world’s poorest countries.