Which one of the following countries has been suffering from decades of civil strife and food shortages and was in news in the recent past for its very severe famine?
AAngola
BCosta Rica
CEcuador
DSomalia
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Somalia
Answer: D. SOMALIA has been suffering decades of civil strife and severe famine recently.
Somalia has experienced continuous civil war and state fragmentation since 1991. Combined with recurrent droughts, the al-Shabaab insurgency, and humanitarian access challenges, Somalia faced major famines:
- 2010-2012 famine killed an estimated 260,000 people.
- 2021-2023 drought crisis brought 8.3 million people to acute food insecurity; though formal famine was averted, conditions were extremely severe and made global news.
UN OCHA and WFP classify large parts of Somalia as IPC Phase 4 (Emergency) and Phase 5 (Famine/Catastrophe).
Distractors fail:
(A) Angola has been politically stable since 2002 with no recent severe famine.
(B) Costa Rica is one of Latin America's most stable democracies with high HDI.
(C) Ecuador faces issues but no famine crisis.
Source: UN OCHA Somalia / FAO IPC reports / World Food Programme briefings.
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