Conflict and back-to-back economic shocks have pushed acute food insecurity in Africa to record levels, with no signs of easing. From the disruptions of the COVID pandemic to the squeeze on global maritime traffic, the pressures stacking up against food access on the continent have been relentless.
Elevated food prices are a direct result of these layered crises. When supply chains stall and shipping routes tighten, the cost of getting food to the table rises, and ordinary households feel it first and hardest.
The African Center for Strategic Studies links the persistence of this crisis squarely to ongoing conflicts across the continent. Where fighting continues, food systems collapse, and communities are left without reliable access to even the basics.
The question now is not just how Africa got here, but what it will take to pull millions of people back from the edge.
Originally published by AllAfrica.