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Jeff Drumtra

Jeff Drumtra is Senior Advisor on Internal Displacement and Protection in USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance.

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The Political Roots of Famine in Southern Sudan

Given that a large contingent of foreign aid workers and UN representatives has been on the scene in Sudan for a decade, why did no one foresee the current famine in southern Sudan, which is affecting more than a million people?

Jeff Drumtra • 6 min read