Ethiopia is indexed \u00a0among 25 hungry countries where over 53 % children are stunted, while in Eritrea more than 50 % are starving according to IFPRI.<\/p>\n

Ethiopia Ranked the worst among the 25 \u00a0least to greatest levels of hunger<\/strong>, <\/strong>they included: Nepal, Tanzania, Cambodia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, Togo, Guinea-Bissau, Rwanda, Djibouti, Mozambique, India, Bangladesh, Liberia, Zambia, Timor-Leste, Niger, Angola, Yemen, the Central African Republic, Madagascar, the Comoros, Haiti, Sierra Leone, and Ethiopia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Eritrea <\/strong>figured among \u00a0the most alarming<\/strong> countries with Congo DR & Chad.<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Alarming’ numbers go hungry in 25 countries including Ethiopia due to poverty, conflict, and political instability causing some billion people to go hungry this year, many of them children in Africa and Asia, according to the Global Hunger Index of 11th of October, 2010.<\/p>\n

Out of 122 countries included in the annual report, of IFPRI, Ethiopia & Eritrea are among 25 hungry countries where 53 % children are stunted & More than 50 % are starving.<\/p>\n

The Ethiopian and Eritrean poor governance and lack of political interest in nutrition, and stimulating demand is the main reason of the problem.\u00a0 Both countries do not have the necessary infrastructure to meet increased demand for health care and other services that go hand-in-hand with anti-hunger programs,<\/p>\n

The overall number of hungry people surpassed one billion in 2009, even though it decreased to 925 million in 2010. Over 20 billion is from Ethiopia not shown in the index.<\/p>\n

Though the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fared the worst in the hunger index, which is based on data from 2003-2008, the \u00a02009 and 2013 \u00a0which \u00a0is not covered by the IFPR\u00a0 will put \u00a0\u00a0surely \u00a0Ethiopia among the\u00a0 extreme situation despite the double score economic growth announced t by the dictatorial regime of Melese Zenawie.<\/p>\n

The index ranked countries on a 100-point scale, with zero being the best score\u2014no hunger\u2014and 100 being the worst. A score higher than 20 indicated “alarming” levels of hunger and above 30, “extremely alarming” hunger.<\/p>\n

The DRC was the only country in this year’s index with a score above 40.<\/p>\n

The other three countries with extremely alarming hunger levels were Burundi, Eritrea, and Chad. All have been involved in simmering or open conflict for many years.<\/p>\n

With the exception of Haiti and Yemen, all 25 countries with “alarming” levels of hunger were in sub-Saharan Africa or Asia.<\/p>\n

According to IFPRI\u2019 Report the Sub-Saharan Africa situation is described as:<\/p>\n

2010 Global Hunger Index: Facts and Findings: Sub-Saharan Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n

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• Burundi, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Eritrea have the greatest levels of\u00a0hunger.<\/li>\n
• Angola, Chad, and Somalia have the highest under-five mortality rates at 20 percent or\u00a0more.<\/li>\n
• More than 50 percent of people in Burundi, the Comoros, the\u00a0DRC, and Eritrea are\u00a0undernourished.<\/li>\n
• In Burundi, Madagascar, and Malawi, 53 percent of children are stunted (low height for their age); in Ethiopia and Rwanda, the figure stands at 51 percent; and in Niger, 47 percent of children are\u00a0stunted.<\/li>\n
• More than one-third (34 percent) of Mali\u2019s children are stunted, and 11 percent suffer from wasting (low weight for one\u2019s height). Stunting levels were nearly the same in 1996, and the prevalence of wasting has more than\u00a0doubled.<\/li>\n
• Based on the 1990 and 2010\u00a0GHI\u00a0scores, the\u00a0DRC\u00a0has experienced the greatest deterioration in hunger, largely because of conflict and political instability. The DRC\u00a0also has the highest proportion of undernourished people\u2014three-quarters of the population\u2014and one of the highest child mortality rates in the\u00a0world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n