Hunger in Africa : our File
March 2017. Nearly 20 million people are threatened by the violent famine in Yemen, Somalia, Nigeria and South Sudan. The ICRC believes that action must be taken within three months to avoid the worst. Here is a collection of articles that will give you a overview.
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When Food Shortage Becomes Famine
02/25/2016. More than 2.8 million people in South Sudan — nearly a quarter of the country’s population — are currently facing food shortages and need urgent assistance.
The return of an old scourge : starvation
03/31/2017. Famine was supposed to be a thing of the past. True, 75 million people had died from starvation in the 20th century, but we had learned from these tragedies, how to predict them and how to address them.
Nigeria: Health worker Hauwa Mohammed Liman executed in captivity
10/16/2018. A second health worker held hostage in Nigeria has been murdered.
