UN: High food prices, ongoing conflict driving Somalia toward acute hunger (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
An estimated 6 million people across Somalia - nearly a third of the analysed population - are projected to face high-levels of acute food insecurity between April and June 2026, including close to 1.9 million experiencing emergency levels of hunger, according to a United Nations-backed report.

DRC: Millions trapped in deepening hunger crisis, warn UN agencies (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains gripped by one of the world's largest and most severe hunger crises, United Nations agencies warned on 14 May.

Haiti: Violence intensifies with over 1,600 killed in Q1 2026, says UN (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
During the first quarter of the year (January-March 2026), at least 1,642 people were killed and 745 others injured in Haiti, as a result of violence involving gangs, self-defense groups and non-organized members of the population, as well as during security force operations against gangs.