The politics of hunger: can famine in Gaza and Sudan be stopped?

Think Change

The crises of hunger in Sudan and Gaza are grave humanitarian emergencies with profound consequences for affected communities.
A recent UN briefing to the Security Council stated that Sudan is set to face the “world’s worst hunger crisis”, while an international committee of experts issued a dire warning that famine is not only imminent in Northern Gaza, but a risk across the entire territory.

While man-made famine continues to be used as a weapon of war for political gain, the prevailing response from international humanitarian agencies is to provide food aid. But is this really the solution? And how does it affect local humanitarian efforts?
This episode dives into these questions and seeks to hold those responsible for these hunger crises to account.
Guests

• Sara Pantuliano (host), Chief Executive, ODI
• Alex de Waal, Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation
• Omima Omer Jabal, Khartoum State ERR Jabal Awliya Program Office
• Hamish Young, Senior Emergency Coordinator in Gaza, State of Palestine
• Nuha Yousif, ERR Sennar state, Programme office
  

Related resources

• Sounding the alarm on Sudan’s hunger crisis (ODI event recap)
  
• Sudan conflict – how did we get here and what next? (Think Change podcast)
  
• From El-Fasher to Khartoum: The fallout from 20 years of conflict in Darfur (ODI event)
  
• Sudan’s humanitarian crisis slips further from sight (ODI event recap)
  
• Humanitarian hypocrisy, double standards and the law in Gaza (ODI blog)
  
• Will the ICJ ruling change anything for Gaza? (Think Change podcast)