In this file photo taken on May 31, 2017 a mother weighs her malnourished child in a nutrition centre run by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Panthau, Northern Bahr al Ghazal, South Sudan. [AFP]
Some 239 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are suffering from hunger and malnutrition, a senior official of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Saturday.