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East Africa: Ethiopia's Food Aid Dwindling
DW, 10 June 2017
Ethiopia has warned that its supply of emergency food aid will be finished by next month. Nearly 16 million people need urgent assistance as drought continues to parch the breadth… Read more »
Despite Rains, Ethiopia Teeters on the Brink of Famine
Despite some rain during April and May, the food security situation is set to deteriorate as hunger reaches the fourth "emergency" level on a five-phase scale. The fifth level is famine.
Acute malnutrition has risen sharply, and one quarter of Ethiopia’s districts are now officially classified as facing a nutrition crisis (file photo).
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Ethiopia: Hunger to Hit Emergency Levels in Ethiopia Despite Rains
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 24 May 2017
The number of Ethiopians in need of food aid will rise beyond the current 7.7 million, experts say. Read more »
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Africa: Ethiopia's Unique Take - an Approach to Disaster Risk Management
Ethiopian Herald, 14 May 2017
Drought induced food shortage has been a major challenge for Ethiopia over the last fifty years. The 1973, 1984 and cyclic droughts of recent times have all been caused by El-Nino… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Falling Between the Sun-Scorched Gaps - Drought Highlights Ethiopia's IDP Dilemma
IPS, 10 May 2017
Displaced pastoralists gather around newly arrived drums of brown water as a water truck speeds off to make further deliveries to settlements that have sprung up along the main… Read more »
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Ethiopia: World Bank Extends U.S.$258 Million to Overcome Drought, Maternal Death
Addis Fortune, 13 May 2017
The deal comes just a month after the bank approved 645 million dollars Read more »
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At least six million children face critical food shortages as a result of the worst drought in 50 years Read more »
