Nearly all of the most recent famines have been due to war:
1998–2004: Second Congo War. 2.7 million people died, mostly from starvation and disease
2003–2005: Famine during the War in Darfur, Sudan (200,000 deaths)
2011–2012: Famine in Somalia due to drought (285,000 deaths)
2016–present: Famine in Yemen, arising from the Yemeni Civil War and the subsequent food blockade of Yemen by Saudi Arabia (85,000 children have died so far)
2020–present: Famine in the Tigray War, Ethiopia
2021–present: Madagascar famine due to drought
2023-present: Gaza, Palestine, due to war and food blockade
Current famine in Gaza came on more quickly than any other.