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Date Event Location Death toll (where known; estimated)
1998–2000 Famine in Ethiopia. The situation worsened by Eritrean–Ethiopian War Ethiopia
1998–2004 Second Congo War. 2.7 million people died, mostly from starvation and disease Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,700,000
2003–2005 Famine during the War in Darfur Sudan 200,000
2004–2005 Twelfth Kere Madagascar
2005–2006 2005–2006 Niger food crisis. At least three million were affected in Niger and 10 million throughout West Africa[1][2][3] Niger and West Africa
2009–2013 Thirteenth Kere Madagascar
2011–2012 Famine in Somalia, brought on by the 2011 East Africa drought[4] Somalia 285,000
2012 Famine in West Africa, brought on by the 2012 Sahel drought[5] Senegal, Gambia, Niger, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso
2014–2017 Fourteenth Kere Madagascar
2016–present Famine in Yemen, arising from the Yemeni Civil War and the subsequent blockade of Yemen by Saudi Arabia Yemen 85,000 children as of 2017.[6] Unknown number of adults.
2017 Famine in South Sudan[7] Famine in Somalia, due to 2017 Somali drought. Famine in Nigeria South Sudan, Unity State, Somalia, and Nigeria.
2020–present Famine in the Tigray War Tigray, Ethiopia 150,000–200,000+[8]
2021–present 2021–2022 Madagascar famine Madagascar
2023–present Gaza Strip famine Gaza Strip, Palestine
2023–present 2024 Sudan famine Sudan 1050+[9]

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References

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  1. ^ "Niger: An evidence base for understanding the current crisis - Niger | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2005-07-26. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  2. ^ "Amnesty International Report 2006 - Niger". Refworld. 23 May 2006. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  3. ^ "UN Seeks $240 Mln of Food Aid for West Africa". archive.globalpolicy.org. January 16, 2006. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  4. ^ "United Nations News Centre – UN declares famine in another three areas of Somalia". Un.org. 2011-08-03. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
  5. ^ "Sahel Famine Crisis". UNICEF. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
  6. ^ Karasz, Palko (November 21, 2018). "85,000 Children in Yemen May Have Died of Starvation". The New York Times.
  7. ^ "Famine declared in South Sudan". The Guardian. 2017-02-20.
  8. ^ "Tigray war has seen up to half a million dead from violence and starvation, say researchers". The Globe and Mail. 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  9. ^ SudanTribune (2024-10-17). "Famine tightens grip on Sudan's Nuba Mountains, hundreds dead". Sudan Tribune. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
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