Global famine deaths rise as leaders use food as a weapon | LBC
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as posted by the channelAs food insecurity increases at a rapid rate, World Peace Foundation's Alex de Waal joins Matt Frei to discuss how world leaders are using food as a weapon as starvation spreads through Gaza and Sudan.
A famine was officially declared in the Gaza Governate by a UN backed body earlier this month. The area includes Gaza City, which is home to around 500,000 people, surrounding towns and various refugee camps.
Rejecting the findings of the UN-backed reports, Israel refuted existence of a famine in Gaza and claimed it was "Hamas lies". It has also said Gaza will be destroyed if Hamas does not agree to disarm and release all hostages.
Sudan is also experience one of the biggest displacement crises in the world, as famine unfolds due to conflict in the country.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which are fighting the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), are on a rampage in Sudan’s North Darfur, particularly in the city of El Fasher and in Zamzam camp, which hosts an estimated half a million displaced people.
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