A girl in Darfur. A child dies every three seconds globally due to food deprivation – 10,000 children every day – but although figures show an improvement in child hunger at a global level, it is getting worse in some parts of Africa, where the problem is largely a question of political will.

First published in the June 05, 2019, 9:34 p.m. edition

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