UN food chief warns Horn of Africa famine imminent, if global crises left unchecked
OTTAWA — The head of the World Food Program is urging countries to follow Canada in trying to avert a looming famine in East Africa, which he warns could get even worse due to sanctions against Russia.
David Beasley, the American who leads the United Nations agency, said the number of people in acute need of food has multiplied by four since 2017.
“The world is in a very fragile state. We can’t, in my opinion, take much more,” he said in an interview.
“If we have a massive earthquake, or a volcano, or something in the next six months? Holy mackerel, all the fire trucks are out.”