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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).
FEWS NET was created in response to the 1984 - 1985 famines in Sudan and Ethiopia, which resulted in the deaths of as many as 1 million people.From the beginning, the aim of the early warning system, then called "FEWS", was to anticipate impending famines and advise policy makers on how to prevent or mitigate such famines.
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.
Since the IPC warning system was created 20 years ago, famines have only been declared twice - in parts of Somalia in 2011 and in parts of South Sudan in 2017. The IPC said famine could occur with ...
The United States granted US$315 million in humanitarian aid to Sudan and refugee-receiving countries including the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, and South Sudan. [28] The United Arab Emirates set aside 70% of its US$100 million humanitarian pledge to give to Sudan and surrounding countries affected by the humanitarian crisis ...
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 ...
Amnesty International says there are weapons from the U.S.-allied UAE and even France in Sudan's civil war, helping fuel the world's worst humanitarian crisis. ... already dealing with famine ...
1993 Sudan famine, during civil war and political unrest; 1998 Sudan famine, caused mainly by human rights abuses and drought; 2017 South Sudan famine, following years of food supply instability caused by war and drought; 2024 famine in Sudan, during the Sudanese civil war (2023–present)