Due to the conflict, an estimated 20 million people are facing severe difficulties in the affected areas
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North,East Nigeria, Somalia, southern Sudan and Yemen the massive risk of starvation. The United Nations has appealed for urgent assistance from the international community in this situation. According to media reports, the United Nations has complained of the lack of international aid for the victims of hunger. According to international organizations such areas of Africa and Yemen, where citizens are facing serious difficulties and are awaiting aid. UN refugee agency UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards warned that if there is immediate risk of deaths was not so large-scale financial assistance. People that suffer from hunger, he added, including millions of children. Some countries have funded $ 984 million for the North-West Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, the UN humanitarian agency spokesman Jens Laerke, said. The need for victims of the conflict constitutes about 20% of the countries, he added. The United Nations has requested approximately $ 4 billion for these four countries. An estimated 20 million people are facing severe difficulties in areas affected by conflict. One reason for the increase in hunger is not the conflicts drought. Officials have warned that too much can have a devastating effect on the drought situation in 2011, In South Africa, more than 260,000 people were killed.
