Organised Famine: Conflict-Induced Food Insecurity, State Agency, and the Failure of Accountability in South Sudan and Yemen

April 15, 2026Open Access

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The study aims to explore how state and armed actors create famine conditions as a tactic of war and the failures in accountability frameworks.
Analyzed IPC food security data from 2013 to 2023
Conducted conflict event analysis with ACLED data on food insecurity
Performed legal analysis on international humanitarian law
Conducted interviews with humanitarian practitioners
Compared historical famines in Biafra and Ethiopia
Food insecurity is shown to be used systematically as a weapon of war in both South Sudan and Yemen.
Accountability mechanisms related to famine and starvation have failed in these contexts.
Political and administrative strategies are identified that maintain conditions of famine.

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Reveals how state agency and conflict strategies create food insecurity in Yemen and South Sudan, suggesting urgent accountability reforms.

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