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In the early months of 2017, parts of South Sudan experienced a famine following several years of instability in the country's food supply caused by war and drought.The famine, largely focused in the northern part of the country, affected an estimated five million people (nearly 50% of the South Sudanese population).
Famine in East Prussia killed 250,000 people or 41% of its population. [63] According to other sources the great mortality was due to plague (disease), which between 1709 and 1711 killed about 200,000–250,000 out of 600,000 inhabitants of East Prussia. [64] The Great Northern War plague outbreak of 1708–1712 also affected East Prussia. East ...
Many refugees from southern Somalia fled to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, where crowded, unsanitary conditions together with severe malnutrition led to a large number of deaths. [9] Other countries in East Africa, including Sudan, South Sudan and parts of Uganda, were also affected by a food crisis. [8] [10] [11] [12]
Famine in Sudan has expanded to five areas and will likely spread to another five by May, the global hunger monitor reported Tuesday, while warring parties continue to disrupt humanitarian aid ...
It is seeking $22.7 billion in funding to reach 157 million people, including some 1.3 million on the brink of famine, mostly in Sudan and Gaza, but also in countries such as South Sudan and Mali.
The number of people experiencing a hunger crisis in the lean season period to September, when less harvested food is available, rose by 45% to 25.6 million, or more than half the population, the ...
11 January saw an emerging famine situation in south eastern Sudan according to the UN, NGOs, the EU and various Charities. [ 90 ] The government of Niger says 7,800,000 risk starvation in 2010 as heavy drought and high heat hit Niger, Burkina Faso , Mali, Chad and northern Nigeria on both 27 and 28 January and was estimated to need about ...
The war in Sudan and restrictions on aid deliveries have caused famine in at least one site in North Darfur, and have likely led to famine conditions in other parts of the conflict region, a ...