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world hunger

Salem Abdullah Musabih, 6, lies on a bed at a malnutrition intensive care unit at a hospital in the Red Sea port city of Hodaida, Yemen, Sept. 11, 2016. Millions of Yemenis face food shortages and the threat of famine after more than two years of civil wa
Conflict
World hunger has increased for the first time in 15 years. Blame war and climate change.
A woman waits to be registered prior to a food distribution by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Thonyor, Leer state, South Sudan.
Conflict
Drought doesn’t cause famine. People do.
Ethiopian drought/water jugs
Global Politics
In Ethiopia and other countries, drought related to El Niño is causing a hunger crisis