By Ambassador Herman Cohn, According to press reports, Ethiopia is currently going through a very severe drought, and is in dire need of international food assistance to make up for failed crops. Ethiopia has a history of famine situations due to drought. During every drought year, the international community has been supportive with shipments of […]
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By Fikrejesus Amahazion (PhD), Food insecurity is one of the most pressing humanitarian issues in the Horn of Africa, and the situation is expected to deteriorate further over the coming months. Ethiopia, in particular, is faced with a massive crisis. According to the European Commission, “[t]he situation in Ethiopia is at present the most alarming, […]
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By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic | for The Irish Times, Ethiopia is facing its worst drought in decades, with more than eight million people already in need of food assistance as a result of weather conditions that are set to worsen, the aid agency Goal has warned. The failure of two consecutive rainy seasons, including the […]
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By Alemayehu G. Mariam, Does the Black Horseman ride in Ethiopia? No, famine rides a light train in Ethiopia! In February 2014, I wrote a commentary entitled “A Glimpse of the Creeping Famine in Ethiopia” based on an NBC investigative report in the same month on the creeping famine in Ethiopia. NBC reported:
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By TesfaNews, The first in a series of European Union food aid shipments to drought-stricken Ethiopia have arrived the port of Djibouti. The food aid, which consists of 30,000 tonnes of Wheat will be distributed to communities that are most affected such as the Afar and Somali Region of Ethiopia. A second and third shipment will arrive […]
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By Reuters, The number of Ethiopians who will need food aid by the end of this year has surged by more than 1.5 million from earlier estimates due to failed rains, United Nations agencies said on Monday. Ethiopia needs an extra $230 million from donors to secure aid for a total of 4.5 million people […]
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By Martin Geissler | ITN News, Hunger is once again threatening vast swathes of Africa because of drought and high food prices. The United Nations has estimated that 14 million are at risk and at the heart of the looming catastrophe is Ethiopia, where over 10 million are in need of emergency food aid. Ethiopia […]
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By Financial Times, EVERY country tapping the global sovereign bond market details the dangers investors face in its prospectus, often in a boilerplate section enumerating possible problems – such as fiscal deficits or taxation issues – that is largely ignored. But the document sent by Ethiopia to international investors ahead of its foray into the global […]
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