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1998 Sudan famine information


1998 Sudan famine
Date1998
LocationSudan (esp. Bahr el Ghazal)
Typefamine
Deaths70,000+

The famine in Sudan in 1998 was a humanitarian disaster caused mainly by human rights abuses, as well as drought and the failure of the international community to react to the famine risk with adequate speed.[1] The worst affected area was Bahr el Ghazal in southwestern Sudan. In this region over 70,000 people died during the famine.[2]

  1. ^ Famine In Sudan, 1998 Human Rights Watch, Accessed May 25, 2006
  2. ^ Ó Gráda, Cormac (2009), Famine: a short history, Princeton University Press, p. 24, ISBN 978-0-691-12237-3.

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