Very recently, in which of the following countries have lakhs of people either suffered from severe famine/acute malnutrition or died due to starvation caused by war/ethnic conflicts?

The correct answer is D. Yemen has been in a civil war since 2014, when the Houthi movement took over large parts of the country including Sanaa. The Saudi-led coalition intervention from 2015 prolonged the conflict, and the UN has repeatedly described Yemen as one of the worst humanitarian crises, with millions food insecure and famine-like conditions in several districts. South Sudan slid into civil war in 2013, just two years after independence, with a sharp Dinka-Nuer ethnic dimension. Famine was formally declared in parts of Unity State in 2017, and conflict-driven displacement and hunger caused large-scale suffering.

Why the others fail:

• A) Angola and Zambia: Angola's civil war ended in 2002, and Zambia has no active war-driven famine.
• B) Morocco and Tunisia: Neither has a war-induced starvation crisis of this scale.
• C) Venezuela and Colombia: Venezuela's hunger stems from economic collapse and governance failure, not war. Colombia's armed conflict is serious but has not produced famine.

Core concept: conflict destroys food systems, markets and access to aid, turning war into hunger. This links to GS2 on humanitarian intervention and GS3 on food security.

Trap: Venezuela tempts many because its hunger crisis is recent and widely reported, but the question specifically asks about war or ethnic conflict.