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
Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning (Nigeria) packages for small-scale industrialists and officials of federal/state agencies, which have responsibilities for developing small-scale industries in the economy. Director-General Dr Kabir Kabo Usman Assumed office January 2010 – Present Preceded by Dr Joseph Maiyaki Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning (Nigeria) The Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning is one of the Federal Ministries of Nigeria. It was originally set up by Decree No 12 of 1992 as the "National Planning Commission" and later amended by Act 71 of 1993. The core responsibility of the commission is the formulation of medium term and long term economic and