The number of people at risk of starvation has increased sixfold since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and 11 people are at risk of starvation every minute, which is more than the current global death rate from the coronavirus, according to a report by the NGO Oxfam published on Friday 9 July.
The report says that conflict remains the main cause of hunger since the pandemic, pushing more than 500,000 people to the brink of starvation - six times more than in 2020. Despite the pandemic,...