Uganda, Feb. 5 -- Uganda, 'The Pearl of Africa', is a land overflowing with fertile soils and a climate perfect for farming. Yet it wrestles with a riddle that boggles the mind - the ghost of hunger. This riddle isn't a new kid on the block. The folks of Karamoja in Uganda were hit hard by a brutal famine in 1980, as history tells us.

This famine is seen as one of Uganda's worst nightmares, mainly because of its sky-high death toll. It's estimated that between 20,000 to 50,000 folks, making up roughly 14 percent of Karamoja's population, bid farewell to life during this time. Little ones were in the firing line, with a jaw-dropping 60 percent mortality rate. The aftershocks of this famine are still shaking the region to this day.

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