This article is part of a series sponsored by the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS).
Dull eyes set deep in their sockets, skeletal children’s bodies, bloated bellies and protruding ribs. Over 50 years ago, the harrowing images of starving Biafra children became a global symbol of famine and malnutrition. The Biafra - Nigerian Civil War of 1967-70 led to the first televised hunger crisis and the food distribution programs that were introduced to help those children reshaped humanitarian emergency aid as we know it.
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