Is Covid shadowing a deeper global crisis? 

Starvation should demand outrage and action yet there is almost silence on this issue as the pandemic dominates all media coverage

Adior Deng (32 months), who is severely wasted, at a primary care centre in Aweil, South Sudan, parts of which are affected by famine. Picture: Jennifer Nolan/Concern Worldwide/

Against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic an equally grave threat to the lives of millions of people is mounting — famine.

The latest ‘Global Report on Food Crises’ to be published in the coming weeks by the UN, will provide a stark analysis of rising food insecurity around the world, with 34m people now experiencing emergency levels of acute hunger.