Whilst the richest nations of the world are preparing to spend millions on attacking Iraq, 40 million African people are in danger of starvation. The famine has been developing since last year, is expected to reach a peak in the spring of this year and continue until 2004.
Although the immediate causes of the famine are a widespread drought, the famine has been has been exacerbated by the actions of the IMF and World Bank including pressuring Malawi to sell it's remaining stocks of Maize.
Read more: Too late to save 1.6 million Eritreans from famine | UN World Food Programme (WFP) Africa Alert Page | BBC News African Famine Page
