{"id":24436,"date":"2024-04-12T00:06:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T00:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/12\/heres-what-to-know-about-the-hunger-crisis-in-gaza\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T00:06:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T00:06:18","slug":"heres-what-to-know-about-the-hunger-crisis-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/12\/heres-what-to-know-about-the-hunger-crisis-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s What to Know About the Hunger Crisis in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since 2004, when the system was set up, there have been two famines<\/a>, according to that definition. In 2011, the I.P.C. declared famine in parts of Somalia, which had endured decades of conflict. Years of drought wrecked the agricultural sector and the economy, forcing many people to leave their homes in search of food. At the same time, an Islamist insurgent group blocked starving people<\/a> from fleeing and forced out Western aid organizations. In all, around 250,000 people died.<\/p>\n

Six years later, a famine was declared in parts of South Sudan. The country had suffered years of drought, but the U.N. said that the famine was human-made. Millions of people had fled because of a civil war, destroying the country\u2019s economy, and rebel forces and government soldiers blocked aid and hijacked food trucks. Tens of thousands died.<\/p>\n