This was the result of armed conflict, a war-devastated economy and severe drought extending over three successive years, which had destroyed agriculture and livestock, threatening some 3.8 million people with starvation.
其根源是武装冲突，经济被战争摧毁，连续三年的严重旱灾摧毁了农业和牲畜，使大约380万人面临饥饿的威胁。