Latest Global Hunger Index (GHI) report released Wednesday shows that many countries in Africa still face high level of hunger.
The report has ranked Liberia 113th out of 121 while Africa’s most popular country Nigeria took 103 place and Ethiopia and the DR Congo took 104th and 118th spots respectively.
The GHI is a peer-reviewed annual report, jointly published by the Alliance2015 partners (Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe) every year.
The report comprehensively measures and tracks hunger at global and regional levels, comparing the level of hunger between countries and regions, and calling for attention to those areas of the world where hunger levels are highest, and where the need for additional efforts to eliminate hunger is greatest.
The report puts Liberia in a level of hunger that is serious with the rank of 113th out of the 121 countries that were accessed in 2022. Liberia has a score of 32.4 out of 100 points. According to the ranking matrix, the hunger level in Liberia is still high, even though progress has been made in some areas.
Nigeria scored 27.2 points while DR Congo and Ethiopia respectively have 37.8 and 27.6 points.
The topic of the report shows how important it is to make food systems fair, sustainable, and resilient in Liberia, the release added; saying, this year’s launch marks the third in a series of launches held in Liberia by the Alliance2015 partners.
RAISING AWARENESS OF THE RIGHT TO FOOD
According to the report, global food price inflation in 2022 and growing hunger raise renewed questions about the substantive implications of the right to food.
It added that approximately 18 lower-middle-income or low income countries explicitly protect the right to adequate food in their constitutions, while another 9 implicitly protect the right to food by emphasizing rights to an adequate standard of living and well-being.
The report however, added that it can be sometimes challenging for citizens to realize the right to food—a right of which they are often unaware.
The constitutional right to food often lacks legislative backing in many countries including in Africa where most countries are face with abject poverty.
