The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently issued the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024. The report reveals that food insecurity in Africa remains the highest of any region, with rates of hunger that are on the rise. In 2023, 298.4 million people were estimated to have faced hunger, compared with 41.0 million in Latin America and the Caribbean, and 3.3 million in Oceania. This numbers have grown steadily since 2015. There is a clear trend of rising prevalence of undernourishment in Africa, in contrast with other regions like Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia, where progress is being made or nutrition levels remain unchanged.

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An article published on Bilaterals (a website that is notoriously critical about free trade, especially among countries with different development levels), argues that the AfCFTA Protocol on Investment could lead to a surge in land grabbing in Africa, especially by foreign investors, if not correctly implemented by State Parties. Land grabbing is the practice by foreign companies, nations, or individuals of purchasing or leasing large portions of land in Africa for agricultural production. Land grabbing is a growing concern in Africa which raises the risk of abuses in the forced expropriation of plots occupied by poor local and indigenous peoples.

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