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Inside the “perfect storm” of famine

Thursday, March 30, 2017 Miranda Grant/IRIN

Yemen, South Sudan, Northeast Nigeria, and Somalia: These four famines or near-famines do have similarities, but they also have different origins, different trajectories, and therefore different needs. Local factors are at play, with each country prone to its own combination of flaring conflict, weak governance, poor infrastructure, and failing markets. Read more here: https://www.irinnews.org/special-report/2017/03/30/we-are-not-world-inside-%E2%80%9Cperfect-storm%E2%80%9D-famine

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