Daniel Maxwell

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Yemenis receive food aid at a camp in the western province of Hodeida, 29 March 2022. The disruption of export flows resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and international sanctions has raised fears of a global food crisis, particularly in Yemen, where famine is also being used as a weapon in the war that has been raging in the country since 2014. © Khaled Ziad / AFP

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A hideous contradiction is playing out in war-torn Ukraine. Thousands of Ukrainians are starving in cities besieged by Russian forces. Meanwhile, the country’s grain stores are bursting with food, and the government is begging for international assistance to export Ukrainian grain to world markets.

At the end of 2021, almost 200 million people globally were suffering acute food insecurity. The number climbed after Russia’s invasion and blockade of Ukraine, a key exporter of grains and oil seeds, which disrupted world food markets. This is pushing up food prices and straining aid budgets.

Russia isn’t the only belligerent to weaponize hunger. Most people at risk of famine today live in places afflicted by war.…  Seguir leyendo »