A new report by 11 aid agencies on Tuesday has warned that 27 million people will be going hungry as West Africa faces its worst food crisis in a decade. 

This number could rise to 38 million this June – a new historic level and already an increase by more than a third over last year- unless urgent action is taken. 

This alert is issued by eleven international organizations in response to new analyses of the March 2022 Cadre Harmonisé (CH), ahead of the virtual conference on the food and nutrition crisis in the Sahel and Lake Chad organized by the European Union , the Sahel and West Africa Club.