Word: ethiopia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more than two years the horror has been creeping across the African continent: a devastating drought that has left in its wake some 35 million starving men, women and children. In Ethiopia alone, where at least 6 million people are destitute, this year's death toll may soon reach 900,000. Despite warnings from relief agencies like the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) that the globe is facing the greatest human disaster in recent history, the response has been widespread indifference...
...Catholic Relief Services, Oxfam America and Grassroots International. All have been issuing warnings of the impending disaster in Africa for years. The U.S. Government added $10 million to the $35 million already allotted for food aid to the beleaguered country, doubling last year's total U.S. aid to Ethiopia...
...dinner cost of the saved food will be carmarked for Oxfam aid to famine-stricken Ethiopia...
...hour parade to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the military coup that overthrew former Emperor Haile Selassie. Dominating the scene was a towering portrait of Ethiopian Leader Lieut. Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam, 43, the U.S.-trained soldier who had just been chosen Secretary-General of the Workers Party of Ethiopia, the newly inaugurated Communist party...
...reward to Mengistu for bringing Ethiopia into the Communist fold, Moscow has signed a new economic agreement with Ethiopia. Apparently, though, it will not pay the bill for all of the attendant celebrations: a reported $250 million...