Famine looms in four countries

Almost 1.4 million children are at “imminent risk” of death from severe acute malnutrition this year, according to UN children’s agency UNICEF, as famine looms in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen

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People facing severe food insecurity*

Children at risk of death

NIGERIA† 1.8m 450,000

SOUTH SUDAN 4.9m 270,000

YEMEN 14.1m 462,000

SUDAN

D. R. CONGO

ETHIOPIA

SOMALIA 2.9m 185,000‡

800km 500 miles

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Recent major famines Death toll (approx.)

Ethiopia 1984-85 1 million

Somalia 1991-92 250,000

North Korea 1994-98 3.5 million

Ethiopia 1998-2000 100,000

D. R. Congo 1998-2004 3.8 million

Somalia 2010-12 260,000


* Data uses Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system

† Northeastern provinces of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe worst affected

‡ Expected to rise to 270,000 in next few months

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Sources: UNICEF, UN aid agencies, BBC 

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