Four UN agencies warn DR Congo hunger to hit record: 30.3 million projected to face Crisis-level food insecurity in first half of 2027
The UN World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization, UNICEF and the World Health Organization warned jointly on November 13 that severe hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is expected to deepen. According to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification analysis, a record 30.3 million people are projected to face Crisis levels of acute food insecurity or worse between January and June 2027, including 4.2 million people in Emergency conditions.
The analysis estimates that nearly 29 million people face Crisis or worse levels from September to December 2026, including 3.6 million in Emergency. Eastern DRC faces the sharpest concentration of needs, with more than 11 million people in North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri projected to face Crisis or worse in the first half of 2027, and nine territories projected to be in Emergency.
The four agencies said conflict, displacement and rising food prices are driving the crisis, compounded by Ebola and other disease outbreaks, while humanitarian assistance is falling dangerously behind growing needs. They called for urgent food assistance at scale, safe humanitarian access, and seeds and tools for farmers before the early-2027 planting season.
Source: UN World Food Programme
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：刚果（金）北基伍省 Nyanzale 的流离失所者营地。来源：Julien Harneis，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 2.0。 / Photo: A camp for displaced people in Nyanzale, North Kivu, DR Congo. Source: Julien Harneis, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.
