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Ethiopia asks for urgent food aid
news.bbc.co.uk - 10/22/2009
Ethiopia asks for urgent food aid
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A woman with her two malnourished sons in a feeding centre in Shanto, Ethiopia (8 June 2008)

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The Moderate Voice:  Ethiopian Request for Food Aid Comes as OxFam Proposes Long-Term Famine Prevention

Matthew Yglesias:  Famine in Ethiopia

Shakesville:  Ethiopia Requests Urgent Food Aid

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Ethiopian Request for Food Aid Comes as OxFam Proposes Long-Term Famine Prevention
The Moderate Voice — ... Here. The human race, generally, tends not to want to act in its long-term best interests, reacting to emergencies rather than proactively avoiding or planning for them. So, it’s anybody’s guess as to whether OxFam will be heeded. But the fact is that drought need not lead to famine, as tragically, it so often has in Ethiopia and elsewhere. ...

Famine in Ethiopia
Matthew Yglesias — ... Ethiopia is in the grips of a new food crisis that the UN World Food Program says will require $285 million in international assistance over the next six months to avert mass starvation. ...

Ethiopia Requests Urgent Food Aid
Shakesville — Devastating: The Ethiopian government has asked the international community for emergency food aid for 6.2 million people. The request came at a meeting of donors to discuss the impact of a prolonged drought affecting parts of East Africa. The UN's World Food Programme says $285m (£173m) will be needed in the next six months. Some aid officials say the numbers of hungry could rise. ...Ethiopia has been hit by the food crisis affecting a large part of East Africa and the Horn. ...The drought, brought on by four years of bad harvests, ...

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