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Food insecurity

Hunger in global war economies: understanding the decline and return of famines

World Peace Foundation December 20, 2024

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family sheltering in tent outside bombed out city

How Many People Have Died of Starvation in Gaza?

Alex de Waal December 17, 2024

Darfur Ethiopia Famine Food insecurity Gaza IPC Israel Mass Starvation Starvation Crimes

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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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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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What is Global Famine?

Alex de Waal March 22, 2023

Famine Food insecurity Starvation Crimes

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Generals of South Sudan's army celebrate during official independence day ceremonies. After two decades of civil war and two million deaths, their dream is finally realized. - photo by Charles Braddix

Can political finance explain the different development stories in Ethiopia and Sudan?

Aditya Sarkar, Alex de Waal November 28, 2022

Ethiopia Food insecurity Political Finance Sudan

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african man holding cell phone at grocery store

Digital Famine: Discussing Risks and Prevention

Susanne Jaspars July 26, 2022

Digital Technologies Food insecurity Humanitarian Law

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Photo of a woman dressed in black holding baby in front of a concrete building and rubble.

Sanctions and Food Insecurity in Syria

Mohammad Kanfash July 6, 2022

Famine Food insecurity Sanctions Syria

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photo back view of a woman in a pink shirt carrying a sack of food on her head walking down a dirt road

Sudan’s Path of Hunger

Edward Thomas April 26, 2022

Famine Food insecurity Sudan

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Ethiopia fields

Tigray: The Destruction of Invaluable Agricultural Research

World Peace Foundation March 1, 2022

Famine Food insecurity Tigray

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