Conflict Climate Collapse Push Ghana Guinea Ivory Coast Toward Famine

Rédaction: Africa Eye

Rising violence and extreme weather are dismantling food security across West and Central Africa, leaving 52 million people battling starvation. Armed groups have uprooted farming communities in Ghana, Guinea, and Ivory Coast, while back-to-back droughts and floods obliterate harvests. Fields once teeming with crops now lie barren or submerged, stripping families of income and sustenance.

Meanwhile, economic instability magnifies the chaos as food and fuel prices soar beyond reach for millions. Markets stall under broken supply chains, and humanitarian aid struggles to penetrate conflict zones. The World Food Programme warns that delayed intervention risks triggering mass displacement and regional destabilization.

Compounding these crises, climate shocks grow fiercer and more frequent, eroding resilience in nations least equipped to adapt. Displaced populations face dwindling resources, with children and women bearing the heaviest toll. Aid agencies report funding shortfalls as needs outpace available support, deepening fears of irreversible loss.

Humanitarian organizations now urge global leaders to prioritize West Africa’s emergency before collapse becomes inevitable. Without swift action, experts caution, the intersection of war, climate disasters, and economic freefall could redefine survival for generations.