Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen and Palestine were identified as the most critical hunger hotspots, while Nigeria joined the highest-concern group with 34.8 million people projected to face acute food insecurity.
UNICEF says nearly 23,100 people remain in temporary camps across Venezuela’s north-central coast and Capital District, while its response targets 470,000 people, including 169,000 children.
The World Food Programme says funding shortages will force a suspension of famine-prevention food distributions in Afghanistan’s worst-hit areas from August through October, during the country’s annual peak season for malnutrition.
The Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme said on July 15 that acute food insecurity could worsen across 13 countries and territories through November 2026, calling for early humanitarian action.
The United Nations and World Food Programme say worsening malnutrition has reached critical levels in parts of Afghanistan, as funding shortages force food distributions to be suspended during the peak hunger season.
Haiti’s prime minister said on May 11 that insecurity could prevent the country from holding its proposed August 2026 presidential election, as officials continued negotiating the electoral framework, budget and security conditions.
Flash floods in eastern Afghanistan killed at least 26 people, the United Nations said July 22, as search teams looked for missing residents and aid agencies assessed damage to homes, markets and roads.
A June-November 2026 outlook from FAO and WFP identifies 13 hunger hotspots where conflict, climate shocks and food affordability pressures could deepen acute food insecurity.
The U.N. food agencies say acute hunger may deteriorate between June and November 2026 as conflict, funding shortages and climate shocks increase pressure on vulnerable populations.
The United Nations says 15.4 million people across the Sahel are expected to face acute food insecurity between June and August 2026, including more than 1.5 million in emergency conditions, as humanitarian agencies confront severe funding and access problems.
A United Nations update published July 13 says more than 16 million people in Myanmar need humanitarian assistance, while access restrictions and an underfunded response limit aid.
UN agencies said food and nutrition conditions in Gaza improved after the October 2025 ceasefire, but warned on July 24, 2026, that the gains could quickly reverse without continued humanitarian and commercial flows.
Five UN agencies reported that global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, while warning that conflict, extreme weather, high food costs and reduced aid could reverse progress.
The United States announced an additional $242 million for Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo on August 5, as humanitarian agencies face a major funding shortfall.
A July 24 UN briefing reported further strikes affecting Lebanese hospitals, a fourfold rise in demand for gender-based-violence services and mounting funding and access constraints on aid operations.
UN aid movements into southern Lebanon are increasing, but damaged homes, unreliable services, unexploded ordnance and underfunding still block recovery.
WFP warns Gaza aid cuts may deepen by October as access constraints, fuel shortages and funding gaps put fragile food-security gains at risk.
WFP says funding shortages will suspend famine-prevention food distributions in Afghanistan from August through October, as child-malnutrition needs peak.
Gaza’s food security improved, but 1.4 million people are projected to face crisis-level hunger through December as aid coverage remains fragile.
An FAO-WFP outlook warns acute food insecurity could worsen through November across 13 hotspots, with Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen and Palestine facing the gravest risks.
UNICEF said 280 of 633 aid trucks sent from Egypt offloaded in Gaza during May and June, while OCHA reported continued cargo and water-service disruptions in July.
WFP says El Obeid is absorbing displaced families as half-ration aid, fuel and water shortages deepen. Nutrition supplies may run out in August.
