Which one of the following countries has been suffering from decades of civil strife and food shortages and was in news in the recent past for its very severe famine?

1. A

   Angola

   Angola. Civil war history, not the famine-in-the-news case of this paper.

2. B

   Costa Rica

   Costa Rica. Stable, no famine story.

3. C

   Ecuador

   Ecuador. Not this famine file.

4. D

   Somalia

   Somalia. Decades of conflict and recurrent famine; in the news for severe hunger.

Summary. Official key is (d) Somalia. Protracted civil conflict plus drought has produced repeated famine alerts. Angola’s war is older; Costa Rica and Ecuador are the wrong continent-story.