It said more than a quarter of people across the continent are suffering from alarming hunger.

Meanwhile, the International Rescue Committee said West Africa was facing its worst food crisis in a decade.

The number of people in need of emergency assistance has quadrupled in the past seven years.

Islamist violence and climate change in the Sahel have led to reduced harvests.

The war in Ukraine is making things worse as many African countries import more than 50% of their grain from Russia and Ukraine.