Food chain broken: famine in Yemen

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<p>The country yet again faces widespread starvation as a civil war grinds on, and <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/10/03/famine-in-yemen-need-not-happen?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">both sides are to blame</a> for the misery visited upon civilians. With the stroke of a pen, Argentina recently <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2020/10/10/argentina-doubles-in-size-or-so-it-claims?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">doubled in size</a>—setting a precedent with big diplomatic and resource-extraction implications. And remembering the man who <a href="https://www.economist.com/obituary/2020/10/10/swami-agnivesh-died-on-september-11th?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">set hundreds of thousands of Indians free </a>from indentured servitude.</p><p>For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>