Which country suffering from decades of civil strife and food shortages and in news for severe famine
Question
Which one of the following countries has been suffering from decades of civil strife and food shortages and was in news in the recent past for its very severe famine?
Options
Angola
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Somalia
Explanation
Somalia has faced decades of brutal civil war, state collapse, and insurgency (Al-Shabaab). This prolonged instability, combined with historic multi-year droughts in the Horn of Africa, triggered catastrophic and highly publicized famines in the recent past.
Answer: (d).
Question details
Year
2023
Paper
GS Paper 1
Question
Q78
Subject
International Relations
Sub-topic
Global Conflicts & Crises
Type
Factual single
Difficulty
Easy
Nature
Current-affairs-linked
Source hint
Horn of Africa Humanitarian Crisis / Somalia Famine 2022
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