Hunger weaponized in war as 'food-related violence' surges globally
Analysis reveals over 20,000 incidents of 'food-related violence' since 2018, with markets and food distribution systems increasingly targeted. Hunger is being exploited as a weapon of war.
<p>More than 20,000 attacks on markets, farmland and food distribution systems have been recorded since 2018</p><p>Hunger is being increasingly exploited as a weapon of war with more than 20,000 documented incidents of “food-related violence” in the past eight years, new analysis reveals.</p><p>Attacks include 1,261 strikes on markets used by families for daily groceries and 863 incidents in which food distribution systems were targeted and workers killed.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.co...