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FaheemAli
Mrs.Barnes
English112
25March2015
AnnotatedBibliography
"10FactsAboutHungerinSouthSudan."
AfricaNewsService.
23Mar.2015.
GlobalIssuesin
Context
.Web.24Mar.2015.ComtexNewsprovidesfactsaboutthehungerinSouth
Sudanandhowthereisagrowingnumberofstarvingpeopleinthecountry.Thearticle
citesthatthemainproblemcausingthelackoffoodisbecauseofthecurrentconflictin
theregion.ThearticlegoesontoexplainhowtheconflictinSouthSudanhasaffected
thepopulationinotherways,sayingMorethan2millionpeoplehavefledtheirhomes
tootherplacesinSouthSudanortoneighbouringcountriesasaresultofconflictthat
eruptedintheworld'syoungestnationinDecember2013.TheconflictinSouthSudan
iscausingmillionsofpeopletoabandontheirhomesandleavetheirland,forcingthem
intopovertyandhunger.TheconflictinSouthSudanisthemainreasonwhyalarge
numberofitspopulationisstarving.
"10MostDeadlyFaminesinAfrica."
AnswersAfrica
.19July2013.Web.25Mar.2015.
LookingintothehistoryofAfrica,famineseemstobeeverywhere.FaminesinAfrica
haveclaimedmillionsoflives.Thearticletakesgivesinformationonthetendeadliest
faminesinAfrica.TheauthoralsoexplainssomeofthemaincausesoffamineinAfrica,
sayingStarvationinAfricaissometimesaresultofconflictbetweenrivalnationsor
broughtonbyclimatecausesandalotoffactorsrangingfromsimplefood


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preservationtechniquestowarsandconflictsworktogethertobringaboutdeadlyperiods
ofstarvationinAfrica.
"ActLocal,ThinkGlobaltheFoodRevolutioninZambia[analysis]."
AfricaNewsService
21
Mar.2015.
GlobalIssuesinContext
.Web.23Mar.2015.AccordingtoMeeraPatel,
aboutoneineverythreechildreninSubSaharanAfricaaresufferingfromacute
malnutrition.ShealsosayshowOneinfourpeopleintheregionareundernourished,
andthesilhouettesoffaminecrowdnationalmemory,fromMalawitoEthiopia.Patel
showshowstarvationinAfricaishurtingitspopulationanditschildren.Shealsogoes
ontoexplainhowothersaretakingactiontohelpendmalnutritionandendthefaminein
Africa.Specifically,PatelgivestheexampleofSylviaBandaandhowsheiseducating
farmersinAfricatopreserveasurplusoffoodandhowtoefficientlyusetheirsupplyof
food.Bydoingthis,thepeoplesufferingfromthefaminehaveachancetosurvive.
"AfricaHungerandPovertyFacts."
AfricaHungerandPovertyFacts
.Web.25Mar.2015.The
WorldHungerEducationServiceprovidesinsighttothenumberofpeoplebeingaffected
bythefamineinAfricaandthereasonswhyfamineoccurs.Thearticlecitesthefirst
mainreasonoffamineoccurringbeingpoverty.AccordingtotheUnitedNations,In
2008,47percentofthepopulationofsubSaharanAfricalivedon$1.25adayorless.
SincealargenumberofthepopulationinAfricaisinextremepoverty,theyarenotable
toaffordfoodandthereforesufferfrommalnutritionandhunger.Anothercauseof
faminethearticlecitesispopulationgrowth.Africaspopulationhasgrown
dramatically,explodingfrom221millionin1950to1billionin2009.Thedramatic
populationincreasehasleftthepopulationwithtoolittlefoodtofeedtoomanypeople.


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PovertyandpopulationgrowthinAfricaarejustsomeofthemanyreasonswhyits
populationsuffersfromfamine.
"DroughtDestroyingAnimalsandCrops."
AfricaNewsService
9Mar.2015.
GlobalIssuesin
Context
.Web.24Mar.2015.AbdullahiDiriyeexplainshowdroughtandcivilunrestin
Kenyabroughtonfaminetoitspopulation.Heexplainsthisfaminebysaying,Children
arestarving,cattlearedroppingdead,cropsarewithered,lakesareempty,andstillthe
rainshaven'tcome.KenyaisonthevergeofacatastropheofBiblicalproportions.
About3.8millionKenyansarecurrentlysufferingfromthefamine(Drought).Tomake
mattersworse,theWorldFoodProgrammeannouncedthatfoodaidwasata20yearlow.
Unfortunately,thecountriessufferingfromfaminedonotendwithKenya.Diriye
reportsthatSomaliaisalsoexperiencingitsworstfaminesince1991.Thedrought
experiencedbytheseAfricancountriesshowshowjustlackofraincanaffectmillionsof
peoplefrighteningly.
"LearnHowGivingAfricaFoodAidChangesLives."MainWebsiteStore.Web.10Apr.2015.
"WesternAfricanHungerRelief."CharityWatch.Web.10Apr.2015.
"WhatIsHunger?"WorldFoodProgramme.Web.5Apr.2015.
"WhatVegetablesCanYouGrowduringaSummerofDrought?"Sacbee.Web.6Apr.2015.
"WorldHungerNotesHomepage."WorldHungerNotesHomepage.Web.5Apr.2015.


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