Famines in Africa

severe drought that occurred between July 2011 and mid-2012 that affected East African regions caused a severe food crisis across Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya that threatened the livelihood of 9.5 million people

photograph by Kevin Carter

atrocities perpetrated in the Congo Free State (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo) which, at the time, was a colony under the personal rule of King Leopold II of Belgium

famine in South Sudan caused by instability and war

1967–1970 event in the Nigerian Civil War

famine in East Africa

famine in Ruanda-Urundi during World War II

series of food shortages in Cape Verde

humanitarian relief effort

food crisis in northern Niger between 2005 and 2006