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Famine

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

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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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Starving in Silence report cover black and yellow silhouette of parent and child

Ethiopia: Starving in Silence, 1984 and 2024

Alex de Waal January 25, 2024

Abiy ahmed Ethiopia Famine

Essay

Two roughened hands hold a dirty silver bowl.

Can the International Court of Justice Stop Starvation in Gaza?

Alex de Waal January 16, 2024

Accountability Famine Gaza Mass Starvation

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Destroyed buildings and piles of rubble from Gaza.

Gaza’s Famine Warning in Perspective

Alex de Waal January 3, 2024

Famine Food insecurity Gaza

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

Memory and the Social Meanings of Famine

Alex de Waal June 21, 2023

China Famine Memorialization Rwanda

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