# El Niño threatens food security as UN warns of hunger crisis

https://mins.news/en/video/16903

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-08 11:46 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DILOVONB42M

> The United Nations says there is an 81% chance of a severe El Niño developing. Such conditions could intensify drought and hunger across parts of Africa. In Uganda’s Karamoja region, crop failures and shrinking grazing land have left nearly 1 million people facing food shortages. The World Food Programme is warning that the weather pattern could deepen a hunger crisis.

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