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Famine is preventable. The persistence of famine reflects political failings by African governments, western donors and international relief agencies. Can Africa avoid famine? When freedom from famine is a basic right or a political imperative, famine is prevented. Case studies from Ethiopia to Botswana demonstrate African successes - but they are often not acknowledged or repeated.
Who is responsible for the failures? African generals and politicians are the prime culprits for creating famines in Sudan, Somalia and Zaire, but western donors abet their authoritarianism, partly through imposing structural adjustment programmes.
What is the role of International relief agencies? Despite prodigious expenditure and high public profile, relief agencies often do more harm than good. From Biafra to Rwanda, relief has helped to fuel war and undermine democratic accountability. As the influence and resources of UN agencies and NGOs have grown, the chances for effective local solutions have diminished.
What is the way forward? Humanitarian intervention and other high-profile relief operations have failed. Progress lies in bringing the fight against famine into democratic politics, and calling to account those guilty of creating famine.
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Food relief, Government policy, Humanitarian assistance, Moral and ethical aspects, Moral and ethical aspects of Starvation, Politics and government, Social policy, Starvation, Africa, politics and government, Humanitarianism, Africa, social conditions, Famines, Africa, foreign relations, Relief Work, Morals, EthicsPlaces
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Famine Crimes: Politics & the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa (African Issues)
January 1998, Indiana University Press
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Famine Crimes: Politics & the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa
January 1998, Indiana University Press
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Famine crimes: politics & the disaster relief industry in Africa
1997, African Rights & the International African Institute in association with James Currey, Oxford & Indiana University Press, Bloomington
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Famine Crimes: Politics and the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa (African Issues)
June 1997, James Currey
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Famine Crimes: Politics and the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa (African Issues)
June 1997, James Currey Ltd
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"For almost a century there has been no excuse for famine."
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