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Nearly six million Haitians face severe hunger, new report says

Gang violence, high food and fuel prices and an extreme El Niño are blamed for the worsening crisis.

Updated Oct 29, 2026 · 02:24 UTC2 reports

The short version

  • A new report released Wednesday says nearly six million people in Haiti face severe hunger, with almost two million in emergency conditions.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • The crisis is blamed on gang violence and displacement, high food and fuel prices, and an extreme El Niño weather phenomenon.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • The report projects severe hunger will reach 6.35 million by mid-2027, a rise of nearly a quarter million since April.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • The U.N. World Food Program says it needs $78 million to sustain its Haiti operations through March.[ABC News · Associated Press]

Key facts

  • Nearly six million people in Haiti are experiencing severe hunger, with almost two million facing emergency conditions, according to a report released Wednesday.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • The worsening crisis is blamed on gang violence and displacement, high food and fuel prices, and an extreme El Niño weather phenomenon.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization put the number of people with high levels of acute food insecurity in Haiti at 5.94 million.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification projects the number of people with severe hunger will reach 6.35 million by mid-2027.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • The number of Haitians facing severe hunger increased by nearly a quarter of a million since the initiative's previous report in April.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • The U.N. World Food Program says it requires $78 million to sustain its operations in Haiti through March.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • El Salvador has deployed more than 1,000 soldiers to Haiti.[ABC News · Associated Press]

What remains uncertain

  • The 6.35 million figure is a projection for mid-2027, not a current count, and it depends on conditions the report links to ongoing violence and El Niño.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • The reporting does not state how much each cause contributes to the rise in hunger.[ABC News · Associated Press]

Sources

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