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
National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (Nigeria) problem on a wider scale. The agency is known to have commissioned a weekly TV/Radio series, "NESREA Watch", which had a cast that included popular Nigeria artists like Kiki Omeili. One of the States set out to build a 260 km superhighway from Calabar to Katsina-Ala, both in Nigeria. However, the road was to run through one of the country's pristine rainforests. This led to an uproar from local and international environmental activists who complained that the Cross River State Government had not consulted widely before embarking on the massive project. NESREA that issued an order for construction work to