UN food chief warns of ‘tsunami of hunger’

People receive food rations in Kabul, Afghanistan (AP)

The UN food chief has warned that the world is facing “a global emergency of unprecedented magnitude”.

David Beasley, executive director of the UN World Food Programme, said the 345 million people facing acute food insecurity in the 82 countries where the agency operates is two-and-a-half times the number of acutely food insecure people before the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020.