i'm chris culliver in berlin welcome to the program the coronavirus pandemic has brought hunger to millions around the world like here in brazil where residents of the capital's favelas took to the streets earlier this month with empty pots a symbol of their growing hunger on the world bank estimates more than 60000000 people could fall into extreme poverty by the end of this year. the united nations also sounding the alarm famine is on the horizon in the west and central africa the economies of many countries have collapsed in the wake of the pandemic weiland conflicts are popping up all of that is spurring a dramatic rise in food prices the u.n. world food program says prices for staple foods have risen in some places by as much as 200 percent of the consequences are dramatic the end warning that 31000000 people may not have enough to eat in the coming months that would be a 30 percent increase in hungry people compared to last year immediate action is required and it doesn't come cheap the wall food program says it needs 6640000000 euros to continue aid in 900 countries in the africa on

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