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Famine

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Photo of Destruction in Gaza destroyed buildings and rubble

Famine in Gaza: What’s in a Name?

Alex de Waal June 11, 2024

Famine Food insecurity Gaza Mass Starvation

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photo of mother and child walking away down a dirt road

Famine that Kills: Sudan 2024

Alex de Waal May 16, 2024

Famine Mass Starvation Sudan

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photo of statue of Robert Clive on pedestal between rows of buildings

Clive Must Fall: Recapturing anti-colonialism’s famine prevention agenda

Alex de Waal April 24, 2024

Famine India Mass Starvation UK

Black and white drawing of people waiting in a long line in front of building with a sign "food", their shadows cast grave stones.

Cartoons on war and famine

World Peace Foundation April 12, 2024

Famine Starvation Crimes

abstract illustration representing hunger

History & Future of Famine

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skinny african person hand touching pot of beans in african during difficult famine time in village with sepia effect

Can we Compare Famines? Gaza, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tigray, Yemen

Alex de Waal March 22, 2024

Famine Gaza Mass Starvation Somalia Sudan Tigray Yemen

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grains of rice falling from a spoon into wooden bowl

The IPC Famine Warning: What’s in a name?

Alex de Waal March 19, 2024

Famine Gaza South Sudan

News

Two roughened hands hold a dirty silver bowl.

Mass Starvation: Recent media commentary from Alex de Waal on Gaza, Sudan, and Tigray

World Peace Foundation March 13, 2024

Accountability Famine Gaza Mass Starvation Sudan Tigray

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Yellow forklift moving boxes off trailer

A Humanitarian Lexicon for Darker Times

Alex de Waal February 14, 2024

Atrocities Famine Humanitarianism Mass Starvation Starvation Crimes

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Historical statue of China's former leader Chairman Mao Tsedong

Starving in Silence and Dizzy with Excess: China then, Ethiopia now

Alex de Waal February 1, 2024

China Ethiopia Famine

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