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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 August 2021
Over 300,000 Sudanese perished primarily from hunger during 1988-89 in one of the most avoidable human tragedies in recent history. Mostly from the war-torn southern part of the country, these civilians were deliberately starved by central government, and to a lesser extent the insurgent Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), which used the deprivation of food as a tactic of war. The threat of further genocidal actions by the Islamic fundamentalist junta in Khartoum and the private militias allied with the government continue to daily threaten the lives of millions of internally displaced people. Due to these man-made causes and nature’s lack of rain, up to ten million Sudanese are at risk of malnutrition, hunger and starvation in 1991.
John Prendergast is Research Associate, Center of Concern and Co-Coordinator, Coalition for Peace in the Horn of Africa in Washington, D.C. Previously he was Policy Analyst at Bread for the World and aide to Congressman William H. Gray. He is the author of the recent book, The Struggle for Sudan’s Soul, available from Center of Concern and a forthcoming book on the Horn, available from Bread for the World Institute on Hunger.
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