Democratic Republic of Congo has highest levels of hunger in world, UN says

For humanitarian agencies trying to keep people alive, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) presents multiple challenges: hunger, displacement, disease and violence.

Nowhere in the world do more people need food assistance, according to a new study by two UN agencies. More than 27 million people in the DRC -- one in three of the population - are affected by what the agencies call "high acute food insecurity." That's up from 13 million in 2018.