The Economist8d
Abiy Ahmed’s agricultural revolution is too good to be true
A FRICA HAS a new breadbasket—or so says Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister. Thanks to a state-led programme of ...
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A US-run system alerts the world to famines. It’s gone dark after Trump slashed foreign aid
FEWS NET was created following the 1984 famine in Ethiopia, which killed an estimated 400,000 to 1 million people – and ...
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A respected U.S. famine warning system is 'currently unavailable.' What's the impact?
Harden says that early warning is what was missing during the country's disastrous earlier famine. "We were able to send a disaster assistance response team to Ethiopia in advance and pre-position ...
The Reporter6d
50 years of land policy: Lessons learned, future directions
Fifty years on, the 1975 Land Proclamation—born of student fervor, rural uprisings, and even tragic clashes—enters its golden jubilee with barely a whisper.
‘We will just die in silence': US aid cuts hit Ethiopia’s fragile Tigray region
Aid agencies distributing U.S. food aid in Ethiopia's war-affected Tigray region say they have had to stop feeding millions ...
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Famine Fast Facts
1974 – In Bangladesh, 1.5 million perish. 1975-1979 – Famine in Cambodia results in 1.5-2 million deaths. 1984-1985 – Ethiopian famine, affects more than 8 million people and results in ...