12.5 million people are now in need of food assistance. The Cholera outbreak which mainly affected Somali region is currently spreading to Northern Ethiopia. BY RELIEF WEB 12.5 million people are now in need of food assistance. The food insecurity and malnutrition situation in the drought affected areas continues to deteriorate, in particular in Somali […]
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The Menschen für Menschen charity has said 5.7 million Ethiopians could die of a lack of food. Part of the problem is that other countries are faring even worse and thus getting most of the publicity. BY DEUTSCHE WELLE Some 6 percent of Ethiopia’s population of 98 million suffers from food shortages resulting from a […]
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Executive Summary By Frederic Mousseau | Oakland Institute, By In 2016, food crisis in Ethiopia once again topped the international headlines, with 18 million people reportedly requiring food assistance for survival. The food crisis has been widely attributed to climatic events resulting from El Niño, and presented as an exogenous incident in Ethiopia’s acclaimed economic […]
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UN warns new drought could drag nation backwards By Katy Migiro | Reuters, Millions of Ethiopians face a hunger crisis for a second consecutive year after drought hit sub-Saharan Africa’s second most populous nation, the United Nations said on Tuesday as it appealed for more than $900 million in aid. A strong aid response to […]
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US$900 million needed for 2017 Ethiopia drought response while the global need reaches record $22.2 billion By UN OCHA, Drought exacerbated by El Niño, combined with extensive flooding, disease outbreaks and the disruption of basic public services, continue to have a negative impact on the lives and livelihoods of 9.7 million Ethiopians. Urgent funding gaps […]
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By AFP, Stuck on a track in eastern Ethiopia, trucks carrying food for the starving are forced to turn back. After one of the worst droughts for decades, the rains have finally arrived, but now only add to the complication of the delivery of food aid. Flash floods have effectively transformed dry dirt tracks into impassable […]
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