Prelims 2018 · Current Affairs · Question 18
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?
Answer
Yemen and South Sudan
- (a) Angola and Zambia: These countries were not the major contemporary examples of mass starvation/famine due to war or ethnic conflict in the period referred to by UPSC. Verdict: Incorrect.
- (b) Morocco and Tunisia: No such large-scale famine/starvation crisis caused by war/ethnic conflict was reported there. Verdict: Incorrect.
- (c) Venezuela and Colombia: Venezuela had a severe economic/humanitarian crisis, but the pair does not fit the specific description of famine/starvation caused by war or ethnic conflict; Colombia also does not fit. Verdict: Incorrect.
- (d) Yemen and South Sudan: Both saw lakhs affected by acute malnutrition/famine-like conditions and starvation linked to civil war/ethnic conflict. Verdict: Correct.