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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 ...
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 ...
'We Are the World' at 40: Why the Star-Studded Recording Session Drove Bob Dylan to a 'Nervous Breakdown'
PEOPLE launches an in-depth look into what very well might be Dylan's darkest day — which also happened to be pop's greatest ...
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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 ...
‘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 ...
The Oakland Post2d
Famine Early Warning Systems Network collapses due to USAID cuts
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), a central component of international relief efforts, has come to an ...
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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 ...