Ruth Wiesmann

Post-doctoral Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute

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Armed groups are making a weapon of hunger, cutting off food supplies, destroying crops and hijacking relief aid.

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Armed groups are making a weapon of hunger, cutting off food supplies, destroying crops and hijacking relief aid.

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