Alex de Waal has covered famines in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia. His prediction on Gaza: "most intense famine since World War II." "Even if the shooting ends today and the aid trucks begin to roll, the dying will carry on for some time" Grim. Accurate. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Relatedly, it is jarring to go back to some of Alex's early work on Ethiopia's famine under Mengistu. Sound familiar? hrw.org/report/1991/09…
@JeremyKonyndyk I wish the piece had been clearer re: what “most intense” famine means. Does it mean that people will die from starvation in a faster, more concentrated way than they have anywhere else since WWII?
@JeremyKonyndyk Is this any different than what is happening in The Congo?
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@JeremyKonyndyk Could you explain what makes this particular apocalyptic prediction so much more credible than the one I read about in the Guardian, back in October, which clearly didn't pan out the way people feared it would? theguardian.com/world/2023/oct…
@JeremyKonyndyk If you said nothing at any of these. Ask yourself why
@JeremyKonyndyk This has already been debunked. It's based on falsified and inaccurate data. There is no famine now or predicted. x.com/cogatonline/st…
@JeremyKonyndyk This has already been debunked. It's based on falsified and inaccurate data. There is no famine now or predicted. x.com/cogatonline/st…