Oxfam, a federation of 20 non-government, charitable organizations, warns that eleven people die of famine every minute worldwide.
Experts of the organization expressed their disappointment as the victims of starvation exceed causalities of the Coronavirus (known also as COVID-19).
It is worth noting the COVID-19 kills seven people every minute in various parts of the planet.
Oxfam issued a report saying that the so-called "virus of famine" inflates worrisome manners in sub-Saharan African countries.
According to a count prepared by the organization, more than 155 million people live now at levels of an absence of security food.
This number exceeds 20 million people compared to what was recorded last year.
Two-thirds of the famine victims live in countries torn by civil wars and military conflicts.
Abe Maxman, the Executive –Director of Oxfam, said the ongoing conflicts and devastating fallouts of the COVID-19, and climate change make about 520 thousand people tether on the brink of starvation in poor countries.
He went on to say the warring parties use famine as a war to beat the enemy so civilians were deprived of food, fresh water, and humanitarian aids.
Also, the ill-starred population couldn't live in safe circumstances or get food supplies regularly when their markets were shelled and corps and cattle perished.
The report of Oxfam pointed out military expenditure increased by some $ 50 billion during the era of the pandemic of the COVID-19.
This sum is more than six folds of what is spent by the United Nations (UN).
The organization's report revealed the worst areas in the world that were hit by famine.
Those countries include Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Syrian, and Yemen as all of them suffer from civil wars and collapsing of the infrastructure.
Oxfam urges these countries to settle conflicts that lead to the catastrophe famine and enable organizations of relief to work in starvation-stricken places.
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