Famine famine in Rwanda during World War II and the Malawi famine of 1949, but most famines were localized and brief food shortages. Although the drought was brief the main cause of death in Rwanda was due to Belgian prerogatives to acquisition grain from their colony (Rwanda). The increased grain acquisition was related to WW2. This and the drought caused 300,000 Rwandans to perish. From 1967 to 1969 large scale famine occurred in Biafra and Nigeria due to a government blockade of the Breakaway territory. It is estimated that 1.5 million people died of starvation due to this famine. Additionally, drought
Great Chinese Famine excrement. Then tongs were used to prise his mouth open after he refused to swallow excrement. He died three weeks later. There are widespread oral reports, and some official documentation, of cannibalism being practised in various forms, as a result of the famine. Due to the scale of the famine, the resulting cannibalism has been described as "on a scale unprecedented in the history of the 20th century". The term "Three Bitter Years" is often used by Chinese peasants to refer to this period. Local party leaders, for their part, conspired to cover up shortfalls and reassign blame in order