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Famine in the Eastern areas of the Empire [99] Ottoman Empire: 1883–1885 Famine caused by failure of rainy seasons and drought. [100] East Africa,Tanzania and Kenya: 1888–1889: Famine in Orrisa, Ganjam and Northern Bihar: India: 150,000: 1888–1892: Ethiopian Great famine. About one-third of the population died.
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.
This famine was followed by a cholera outbreak in 1830–31. Sengwer folklore has it that, the land "became dry and there was great hunger. The Siger went away to the east to Moru Eris, where most of them died of heat and starvation." [13] 1835 Shewa Rains failed, leading to famine and "great mortality". [14] 1880–81
1899 famine in central Kenya; 1983 famine in Ghana; B. Biafran airlift; Blockade of Biafra; C. Famine in Cape Verde; E. 2011 East Africa drought; F. Food security in ...
The 1972–1975 Wollo famine was a major famine in the Ethiopian Empire during the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie. The famine widely ravaged the two provinces as well as converging areas such as Afar-inhabited arid region by early 1972. During 1972 and 1973, the famine killed between 40,000 and 80,000 people. [2]
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. [55] [56] An estimated 50,000 to 150,000 people are reported to have died during the period.
In 2006, an acute shortage of food affected the countries in the Horn of Africa (Somalia, Djibouti and Ethiopia), as well as northeastern Kenya.The United Nations's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimated on January 6, 2006, that more than 11 million people in these countries may be affected by an impending widespread famine, largely attributed to a severe drought, and exacerbated by ...
According to the BBC 220,000 Somalis died during the 1992 famine. This figure was reportedly surpassed by approximately 40,000 during the 2011 East Africa drought, [48] which primarily affected the same region and communities as the 1992 crisis. [49]