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...millions of Ethiopians for whom starvation is a constant foe, the stakes in the struggle for control of the country are especially high. So far, the tumult has brought them nothing but misery. Food deliveries to Ethiopia's 7 million drought victims have been disrupted, and in some cases stopped, by the fighting. Supply trucks were attacked and looted, and international relief workers fled. The fall of coastal Assab to Eritrean fighters two weeks ago temporarily closed the city's port on the Red Sea, one of the most important conduits...
...donors like the U.S. want to focus future relief spending on measures that would make Ethiopians more self-sufficient, such as providing drought- resistant seeds and basic farming implements. If peace prevails in the country, these kinds of programs may succeed, lessening the perpetual threat of starvation...
Such a disturbance of the monsoon would cause a major disaster. For instance, rains over the Ethiopian highlands supply 80% of the water that feeds the Nile. If those rains fell offshore, the tens of millions of people in that already drought-stricken region would suffer even more grievously. Parts of Yemen, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and India could be similarly affected...
ENVIRONMENT How Kuwait's inferno could cause drought and starvation...
...four months as Governor, Wilson has sought to establish himself as a tough fiscal manager. Confronted by a stagnating state economy, a $12.6 billion budget gap, and a drought that has threatened California agriculture, Wilson has proposed slashing welfare payments and state aid to local school systems. The state's voters appear impressed by his activism, even though the success of such proposals remains to be seen...