Drought Victims Face Malnutrition as Ethiopia Runs out of Emergency Food

Save the Children warned drought in Ethiopia could risk developing into a catastrophe BY ESAT NEWS The United Nations warns that deficiency disease looms in drought affected communities as food pipeline is breaking. About eight million people currently receiving food assistance face malnutrition as Ethiopia runs out of emergency food aid from July 2017, according […]

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Can Aid Reform End Ethiopia’s Repeated Hunger Emergencies?

By Katy Migiro | for Reuters, Over the years, Ethiopian mother-of-three Hana Mekonnen has received all sorts of aid designed to free her from the bitter trap of poverty and hunger: goats, cash transfers, resettlement and, of course, sacks of grain. None has worked. Hana’s one-year-old son was diagnosed with malnutrition in October, usually a time […]

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UNICEF: Six Million Children at Risk of Hunger in Ethiopia

By TesfaNews, A biblical hunger crisis is unfolding in Ethiopia that is like no other in history of this drought-stricken country. Malnutrition, hunger, and lack of water have resulted in a state rife with individuals deemed “food insecure,” with numbers officially reaching the tens of millions. According to the latest April 2016 Fast Fact Sheet released […]

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