Sentence examples for outbreak of famine from inspiring English sources

An obvious one is Somalia, where an outbreak of famine in the south was formally acknowledged by the United Nations this week.

Crop failures, great fluctuations in prices, and outbreaks of famine further accentuated the misery.

Much of the country's infrastructure has been reduced to rubble by the ongoing civil war that began in March 2015, resulting in more than 10,000 deaths, displacing 2 million people and sparking outbreaks of famine and illness.

Prior to Long, peasant uprisings with religious themes had always been preceded by floods, outbreaks of disease, famine, crop failure or other natural phenomena, as sections of the rural populace attributed such disasters to the wrath of the heavens and sought help from leaders who purported to have supernatural powers.

Accounts from older Fulani recall times when emergency assistance would be provided by the government, for example during cholera outbreaks or times of famine, whilst more recent government activities have included grading the access road, and refugee assistance from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) (Isuwa [2014]).

To witness how people survive in the context of famine, disease outbreak and conflict has been inspiring.

The swankiest advertising campaigns can be ruined by the antics of a dictator Muammar Qaddafi, for example—or by the sudden outbreak of a new war or famine.One plan is to give Africa its own internet domain.

The Saudi-UAE war in Yemen, in which U.S. participation was never authorized by Congress, has pushed Yemen to the brink of famine, with the worst cholera outbreak in the world, with the UN suspending its vaccination plan against cholera in Yemen because of the war.

Saudi Arabia's war and blockade in Yemen, which have pushed Yemen to the brink of famine and ignited the worst cholera outbreak in the world, pose a new test for Sen's assertion.

Outbreaks of louse-borne diseases were frequent by-products of famine, war, and other disasters before the advent of insecticides (see infectious disease).

In times of famine, boys ate first.