[1] It came amidst political unrest and civil war in Sudan.
In Kongor, the famine killed 20,000 and made 100,000 people leave the region.
[2] This famine was the subject of Pulitzer Prize-winning photography The Vulture and the Little Girl taken by South African photojournalist Kevin Carter.
Carter died by suicide shortly after being awarded the prize, possibly a result of trauma from witnessing the effects of the famine first-hand.
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