Ilhan Omar says 49 million facing famine ‘Should be the biggest story in the world right now’

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A United Nations study finds that Russia’s war on Ukraine and the intensifying climate emergency have pushed the number of people facing famine globally to an all-time high.

The combination of a worsening climate emergency and Russia’s war on Ukraine has helped push the number of people at risk of famine globally to an all-time high of up to 49 million, according to a study by the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Food Program.

“This should be the biggest story in the world right now,” U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a Somali refugee,, tweeted Monday in response to The Washington Post’s story on the United Nations study, which warns that tens of millions of people in 46 countries are in need of “immediate life and livelihoods-saving assistance.” “Here are the impacts of climate change and fossil-fueled conflict: drought, starvation, and nearly 50 million people at risk of facing famine.”

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