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Famine in German East Africa: German East Africa: 300,000: 1917–1919: Persian famine of 1917–1919: Iran: 2,000,000, [116] but estimates range as high as 10,000,000 [117] 1918–1919: Rumanura famine in Ruanda-Burundi, causing large migrations to the Congo: Rwanda and Burundi (present day) [citation needed] 1919–1922: Kazakh famine of 1919 ...
East Africa's Famine: Disunited in hunger, The Economist, 21 July 2011 Famine collected news and commentary at The Guardian , with Explainer and Drought map Horn of Africa Emergency at the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), funded by USAID
Famines in the early 21st century in Africa include the 2005–06 Niger food crisis, the 2010 Sahel famine and the 2011 East Africa drought, where two consecutive missed rainy seasons precipitated the one of the worst droughts in East Africa in 60 years. [51] [52] An estimated 50,000 to 150,000 people are reported to have died during the period.
Despite RRC claims to have predicted the famine, there was little data as late as early 1984 indicating an unusually severe food shortage. Following two major droughts in the late 1970s, 1980 and 1981 were rated by the RRC as "normal" and "above normal". The 1982 harvest was the largest ever, with the exception of central and eastern Tigray.
1983 famine in Ghana; B. Biafran airlift; Blockade of Biafra; C. Famine in Cape Verde; E. 2011 East Africa drought; F. Food security in Malawi; H. 2006 Horn of Africa ...
Food aid is on the way to an area of Sudan facing famine amid the northeast African country's grinding conflict, a group of countries and the United Nations said in a joint statement Friday. The ...
Between June 2019 and February 2022, a major outbreak of desert locusts began developing, threatening food supplies in East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian subcontinent. The outbreak was the worst to hit Kenya in 70 years, and the worst in 25 years for Ethiopia , Somalia , and India .
The International Rescue Committee for the first time on Tuesday issued a "Crisis Alert" update to its annual "Emergency Watchlist" report, warning that millions of people across East Africa could ...