Source: Guardian
Country: Somalia
Despite early warnings, the Somalia famine was allowed to happen. Why? Because of politics, al-Shabaab and donor fears
The 2011 famine in Somalia, which the famine early warning systems network (Fewsnet) and the food security nutrition and analysis unit (FSNAU) estimate in a report published on Thursday to have killed almost 260,000 people, was avoidable.
Read the blog post by Rob Bailey in the Guardian's Poverty Matters Blog.
Rob Bailey is a senior research fellow at Chatham House specialising in food security. His research on the causes of the Somalia famine is included in the recent report Managing famine risk: linking early warning to early action