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Chronic hunger is again on the rise, warns UN

CHRONIC hunger is rising worldwide after years of decline, the United Nations reported yesterday.

Intensified conflicts, floods and droughts have helped contribute to 815 million people going chronically undernourished in 2016 — a 38 million rise on 2015.

But the biggest contributing factor was war, with 60 per cent of those not having enough to eat living in areas “experiencing man-made conflict.”

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