Sentence examples for dire famine from inspiring English sources

Next, let's put our hands together for Somalia — arguably the saddest place on earth, ravaged by militant Islamists, pirates, bandits and dire famine.

On Oct. 14, 2010, after a meeting with Somalia's president in Mogadishu, Mr. Mohamed was appointed prime minister, and by November he was on the job, governing a country ravaged by terrorism and on the brink of dire famine.

Somalia It just doesn't stop: militant Islamists, pirates, bandits and dire famine -- 31 years running.

Humanitarian workers have managed to deliver a few shipments of food to Madaya over the past few months, but the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, and the Syrian American Medical Society all confirmed to VICE News that the town remains in the grip of a dire famine.

Like Bulcke's speech, these reports suggest that a serious water shortage could have dire consequences: famine, civil war, economic collapse.

The consequences of this Great Famine were dire.

Many Somalis hope the change is a significant step forward that will help end of the country's cycle of violence, famine and dire poverty.

"I hope that the problems of Somalia will come to an end and Somalia will now turn a new page and that page will be written with good history rather than bad history," Mr. Mohamud, 56, said after his victory, which was marked by celebratory gunfire across the capital from residents hopeful that he will address the country's brutal violence, famine and dire poverty.

Foreign aid, except in moments of dire crisis such as famine or massacre, has gone so far off the radar screen for most Americans and Westerners that just having the secretary of the treasury tour Africa would generate little attention.

She cites a dire example, the Irish potato famine of the late 1840's.

Ms. Sangare spoke to the audience mostly in French, mentioning dire conditions in Africa — misery, famine, war — but her music struck back.