More than 113 million people across 53 countries experienced acute hunger last year because of wars and climate disasters. <br />''<br />''United Nations body, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in its 2019 global report, today said Africa was the worst-hit region.<br />''<br />''It said Yemen, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan and Syria were among the eight nations accounting for two-thirds of the total number of people worldwide exposed to the risk of famine. <br />''<br />''Launched three years ago, the annual study takes stock of the countries facing the greatest difficulties.<br />''<br />''FAO's emergencies director Dominique Bourgeon said African states were disproportionally affected as close to 72 million people on the continent suffered acute hunger.<br />''<br />''Conflict and insecurity remained key factors, along with economic turbulence and climate-related shocks like drought and floods, the report found.<br />''<br />''Bourgeon said up to 80 per cent of the population depend on agriculture in the affected regions. <br />''<br />''The report highlighted the strain put on countries hosting a large number of refugees, including war-torn Syria as well as Bangladesh, which has received more than a million Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Globally, the study noted that the overall situation slightly improved in 2018 compared to 2017 when 124 million people suffered acute hunger.</span><br />