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Ethiopia: Move to Increase Emergency Drought Appeal As Hunger Spreads
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 15 March 2016
Ethiopia's government and aid agency leaders are revising upwards their joint $1.4 billion appeal for more than 10 million people hit by the country's worst drought in 50 years. Read more »
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Ethiopia: USAID Deploys Disaster Assistance Response Team to Ethiopia for Drought Response
USAID, 3 March 2016
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Gayle Smith announced today that the United States is dispatching a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to… Read more »
U.S. Dispatching Disaster Team to Help Ethiopia Avert Crisis
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Gayle Smith says a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) is going to to Ethiopia to help avert a crisis triggered by El Niño. She said the United States, which has provided more than $532 million in humanitarian assistance to reach more than 4 million Ethiopians since October 2014, will contribute to the $268 million the UN estimates is needed to address the crisis for the next three months.
The United Sttes is dispatching a Disaster Assistance Response Team to Ethiopia to help avert a crisis triggered by El Niño
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Although rain is bringing relief to some parts of Ethiopia, which is experiencing its worst drought in 50 years, one tenth of the population will require food aid this year. "We ... Read more »
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Prime Minister Hailemairam in an AllAfrica interview says there has been a "lackluster" international response to the drought facing his country and pledges that his government ... Read more »
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An estimated 10 million people are in urgent need, and hundreds of thousands of children are facing severe malnutrition with life-long consequences this year. Ethiopia's government ... Read more »
