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What is Global Famine?

On March 22, 2023 By

There’s a lot of bad analysis around the current “world food crisis” and the purported threat of “Biblical famines” globally. The World Peace Foundation program on mass starvation clarifies.

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Sanctions and Food Insecurity in Syria

On July 6, 2022 By

This essay aims to shed light on the link between sanctions and food insecurity, an understudied subject in the Syrian context, and to contribute to available knowledge on the subject in general.

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Hunger Courts and Humanitarian Action in South Sudan

On May 3, 2021 By

Elizabeth Gray, Chirrilo Madut, Bol Mawien, Chris Newton, and Naomi Pendle

Humanitarians struggle to warn about, prevent, and respond to starvation when the population of concern is either small […]

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Five Reasons why the UN Security Council needs to deal with the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia

On December 14, 2020 By

Today, the UN Security Council members are expected to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Tigray.

It’s a matter for UN Security Council urgent business for several reasons.

First, it’s […]

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Nobel Prize Adds Momentum to the Movement to End Starvation Crimes

On October 9, 2020 By

Award granted to World Food Programme today signals that using starvation as a weapon of war is no longer tolerable.

Boston, MA/The Hague, The Netherlands – October 9, 2020 – […]

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The Purposes of Starvation: historical and contemporary uses

On February 4, 2020 By

I am pleased to announce that my article co-authored with Alex de Waal, “The Purposes of Starvation: historical and contemporary uses,” has been published by the Journal of International […]

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