Today, famine is most widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa, but with exhaustion of food resources, overdrafting of groundwater, wars, internal struggles, and economic failure, famine continues to be a worldwide problem with hundreds of millions of people suffering.
Sult rammer i dag landene rundt omkring Sahara i Afrika hårdest, men den forarmelse af landbruget, sløseri af grundvand, krige, konflikter og økonomiske kriser, er hungersnød stadig et globalt problem med millioner af ofre.