Word: eritrea
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Ohliger, a freelance writer in Cambridge, said committee members chose to turn over the concert proceeds to Grassroots rather than other relief organizations because it sends aid specifically to two of the hardest-hit famine areas, Eritrea and Tigray...
African government in general spend more on armaments than agriculture, but civil war hasn't made the situation any better. Many of the starving in Ethiopia are in the northern areas controlled by anti-government guerrillas lighting for the independence of the Eritrea and Tigre provinces Both sides, but particularly the government, have used food as a weapon in the struggle for control. The government has kept a tight leash on food distribution so many refugees from the war area dominated by the guerrilla forces have been hard pressed to receive food...
...become an anti-Soviet alliance. The American military, like that quintessential American character Popeye, was eating spinach and flexing its muscles. In the 1980s the Soviet Union must save scarce resources; split Europe and China from the United States; manage counter in-surgency wars around the world (Afghanistan, Angola, Eritrea, Kampuchea, and (with minimal direct involvement) Nicaragua); and restore their credentials as "natural ally" of Third World causes by pinning the military-imperialist label on the United States...
...have committed the 1948 murder of Swedish U.N. Mediator Folke Bernadotte. Twice Shamir was imprisoned by the British, and twice he escaped. In 1941 he stole out of detention, grew a full beard and traveled around the country disguised as a rabbi; in 1946 he helped fellow prisoners in Eritrea tunnel their way to freedom, fled to Ethiopia and sought asylum in France. When the British quit Palestine in 1948, following the creation of the state of Israel, Shamir returned at last to Tel Aviv. He later entered the shadowy realm of Israel's intelligence agency, MOSSAD...
...close to Moscow or from sheer necessity. The likely answer: sheer necessity. The Dergue depends on Soviet arms in its smoldering border conflict with Somalia. Moscow has also sent helicopter gunships, artillery and military advisers to supplement Ethiopian troops fighting guerrillas who seek independence for the northern province of Eritrea. Mengistu also needs help against armed rebellions in several other provinces...