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This is due both to a 16 percent increase in the analysis coverage among already vulnerable populations in a FIGURE 2 few countries including Bangladesh, Angola, Ghana, Pakistan and Six countries with the largest increases in the number of people Nigeria and persistent or intensifying conflict/insecurity, weather in IPC/CH Phase 3 or above between 2022 and 2023 extremes and economic shocks in othe. [...] There are notable Countries with more than 50 percent of the refugee population facing high acute food insecurity by early August 2023 increases in the Sudan and Somalia and significant declines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Niger. [...] LEBANON (RESIDENTS) 42% MMADOAZGAMASBCIQAURE* 40% In East Africa, the number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity is the highest in eight years of GRFC reporting MAODZAGMABSIQCUARE 40% East Africa’s escalating numbers are primarily driven by the conflict in the Sudan, where nearly 3.5 million people have been * In Madagascar, 21% of the total population was analysed. [...] The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho and Sustained conflict/insecurity, economic and weather shocks in Namibia saw declines in the magnitude and prevalence of acute West Africa and the Sahel food insecurity largely reflecting improved household food access Among countries with comparable analyses, the number of people and availability following harvests. [...] The analysed Conflict continues to be the main driver in the Central African population increased in Ghana and Nigeria to cover vulnerable Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern populations.