Question

UPSC Prelims 2018 Question:

Very recently, in which of the following countries have lakhs of people either suffered from severe famine/acute malnutrition or died due to starvation caused by war/ethnic conflicts?

1. Angola and Zambia
2. Morocco and Tunisia
3. Venezuela and Colombia
4. Yemen and South Sudan

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4: Yemen and South Sudan

Detailed Solution

Explanation:

Yemen was on the brink of one of the largest famine. The breakdown of government services, lack of drinking water and a crumbling health sector, besides the miseries of civil war and aerial bombardment, was fast turning Yemen into a failed state, and a breeding ground for extremist groups such as al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Famine was formally declared in parts of South Sudan by the United Nations in 2017. A collapsing economy have left some 100,000 people facing starvation there and a further one million people were classified as being on the brink of famine.

Therefore, option (4) is the correct answer.

Subject: Polity | International Relations

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