Expect more war, hunger in 2018: Report

Humanitarian crises around the world will worsen next year, with no let-up in civil wars in Africa, says a report.

Near-famines in war-torn regions and the threat of extremist Islamist violence will worsen humanitarian crises around the world by next year, a Geneva-based think-tank predicted in a report published on Thursday.

The report by ACAPS, a non-profit venture that supports humanitarian aid workers with daily monitoring and analysis of 150 countries, examined the anticipated needs of 18 countries in 2018 and found little to cheer.

?If 2017 did not look good, predictions for 2018 are no better: violence and insecurity are likely to deteriorate in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Libya, Ethiopia, Mali, Somalia, and Syria next year,? ACAPS director Lars Peter Nissen wrote in the report.