Until the marginalised have a political voice, world hunger will remain

Affected: Families at a camp for internally displaced people in Tomping, Juba, South Sudan. PHOTO: BEATRICE MATEGWA/UNITED NATIONS MISSION

Webster Makombe and Sophie Healy-Thow

Earlier this week, the Global Hunger Index revealed that 690 million people - about 9pc of the world's population - remain undernourished. That figure doesn't even take into account the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has imperilled the food security of millions across the globe.