according to figures from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, a consortium of U.N. agencies and nonprofit relief groups. The figures, which the group says are their best assessment of the current situation, show that the rest live in South Sudan, which has been riven by a brutal civil war since spring 2023.
I’m still amazed. I would have thought it was still way higher. It’s kind of uplifting… In a still shitty round about way considering the source that led me to this TIL moment.
Of the around 600,000 people facing starvation across the globe, 95% are now in Gaza
according to figures from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, a consortium of U.N. agencies and nonprofit relief groups. The figures, which the group says are their best assessment of the current situation, show that the rest live in South Sudan, which has been riven by a brutal civil war since spring 2023.
There are less than a million people who are starving in the world? Really?
I think there’s multiple classifications of food scarcity. Starvation is different than being hungry.
The source is
Unless we take the “UN is Hamas” route this number seems credible
People are eating grass in Gaza right now.
I’m still amazed. I would have thought it was still way higher. It’s kind of uplifting… In a still shitty round about way considering the source that led me to this TIL moment.