In much of East Africa in 1984, there was no rain. Because of that lack of rain, complicated by bad government management of scarce resources, there was a famine.
부족한 자원에 대한 정부의 잘못된(서툰) 경영에 의해 복잡해진...여기서, 비의 부족과 정부의 경영이 복합되어..기근이 있었다 라고 연결해야 하나요? complicated 가 분사구문처럼 보이기는 하는데 논리적, 구조적으로는 확실히 이해가 안가네요..
By the end of the year, more than 300,000 people had died of hunger or had perished from disease related to undernourishment. At first, the rest of the world knew little about the problem, but finally reports of the _______ began to spread. The governments involved protested that many of the reports were exaggerated, but both journalists and medical personnel confirmed their truth. *빈 칸에 들어갈 가장 적절한 말은? -- b
a. overpopulation b. disaster c. disease d. pollution

*답하고 밑줄 친 부분 설명 부탁드릴게요.