By Graham Peebles A shadow of fear and panic is creeping through villages in North Eastern, central and Southern Ethiopia, where once again famine stalks the land. The seasonal rains that usually fall between June and September did not arrive, Read More ...
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By James Jeffrey, Al Jazeera Health clinics such as this one in the town of Idaga Hamus, about 30 miles south of the border with Eritrea, aren’t yet inundated with malnourished children — but there are some, like this mother’s Read More ...
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, The Daily Beast ROME — It has been more than 30 years since that old rocker Bob Geldof launched the charity initiative Band Aid for famine in Ethiopia with the poignant tune, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” Since then, it would seem from afar, Ethiopia has hovered on the edge of
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BBC News Ethiopia is suffering its worst drought in 30 years, but the country is better equipped to cope than the crisis in 1984, writes the BBC’s Clive Myrie, who has visited one of the worst affected areas. It is a hard-scrabble life being a farmer in northern Ethiopia. Normal years are tough. In some
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By Zachary Laub, CFR Tens of thousands of Eritreans have arrived at Europe’s shores in recent years seeking asylum. They make up a significant share of the unprecedented stream of migrants and refugees making their way to the European Union, undertaking dangerous journeys while challenging the bloc to find a collective response consistent with refugee
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The Irish Times Thirty years after a terrible famine in Ethiopia, parts of the country are thriving, others need ongoing aid to fight food poverty, and the government is taking a hard line on dissent Alison Healy joins Self Help Africa to see how Ethipoia has changed thirty years on from the famine that inspired
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Geldof’s right to fight ebola. But, for all its noble intentions, Band Aid’s done more harm than good, writes IAN BIRRELL By Ian Birrell for the Daily Mail Bob Geldof, left, and Midge Ure, right, have teamed up again on the 30th anniversary of Band Aid to re-record the single to raise money to fight
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Famine in area in 1980s was partly responsible for Live Aid concerts being organised President Michael D Higgins meeting a woman and her baby during a visit a refugee camp in Ethiopia’s Gambella Region. Mr Higgins today visited the Tigray province in Ethiopia. Photograph: Chris Bellew/Fennells. Irish Times- The BBC’s Michael Buerk described the scene
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openDemocracy By NICK DEARDEN 30 years after images of Ethiopian famine haunted British TV screens, they still shape how we see Africa – and ensure we fail to understand. It’s 30 years since Michael Buerke’s harrowing report of a ‘biblical famine’ reached BBC TV screens. Following a year of cynical government inaction and silence, Bob
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Thomson Reuters Foundation Author: E.G. Woldegebriel Ethiopian farmers collect wheat in their field in Abay, north of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, Oct. 21, 2009. REUTERS/Barry Malone EJERE WOREDA, Ethiopia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thirty years after the famine that killed more than a million people in Ethiopia and shocked the world into belated action, the country’s
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