After a slew of likely contenders such as heart disease, anemia, thyroid disease, depression or a sleep disorder are ruled out, getting to the source of fatigue gets murky. Among the many next-tier suspects is the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
Indeed, 2.4 million of those at risk of famine were in southern Sudan, the main arena of the war. Southern Sudan occupies almost one third of the territory of Sudan, which at 2.5 million square kilometers is the largest country in Africa.
With the Horn of Africa on the brink of famine, need for drought relief grows. 1  Abdi Nasser Mohammed, 10, sits on the parched ground with his year-old brother, Imram, outside Garissa Town in Kenya. Some 200 families displaced by the drought are sheltering in the area.