Worrying UN report predicts increase in starvation across the world

Worrying UN report predicts increase in starvation across the world

A new United Nations report indicates catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity bordering on starvation in five countries around the world. The World Food Programme together with the Food and Agriculture Organization released its findings on Thursday, with Gaza, Sudan and Haiti topping the list of countries it predicts people will starve to death. Jody Jacobs reports from the United Nations in New York.

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