November 27, 1997
New Books
Famine Crimes: Politics
By Alex de Waal
Africans must forge their own solutions to starvation in their countries, writes Mr. de Waal. He faults international-relief efforts for impeding local solutions and for working with authoritarian regimes that ignore famine or that use it to their advantage.
Mr. de Waal, co-director of the London-based group African Rights, argues that humanitarian-aid programs have abetted the abuse of power by
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