Africa: Ending Conflict Is 'Number One Thing' to Reduce World Hunger, New WFP Chief Says

AllAfrica · 29 Oct 2026

[UN News] Reducing conflict is the single most effective way to tackle global hunger, the new head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Luke Lindberg, said on Wednesday, noting that conflict drives two thirds of the acute food insecurity affecting 266 million people worldwide.