3 in 4 People in Africa Cannot Afford a Healthy Diet, Says UN

FILE — Somalis displaced by a drought receive food on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, March 30, 2017. At least three of every four Africans can’t afford a healthy diet, according to a report released Dec. 7, 2023.

At least three-fourths of Africans cannot afford a healthy diet, and a fifth are undernourished due to an "unprecedented food crisis," United Nations agencies said in a report released Thursday with the African Union Commission.