Word: taffari
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Amid the squalor of Ethiopia's rapidly rilling refugee camps, little help appeared to be in sight last week. As of Thursday, the country had only 8,000 metric tons of grain left, and storehouses in Addis Ababa, Kembolcha and Nazaret were virtually empty. Said Taffari Wossen, chief spokesman for Ethiopia's Relief and Rehabilitation Committee: "We are getting more sympathy than assistance. In terms of actual need, we are still very far from our targets." Warned a Western relief official: "The cupboard is bare...
...metric tons of food were bound for Ethiopia last week. Yet even that was far from adequate. The Ethiopian government estimates that 1.2 million metric tons of grain will be needed during the next year. Pledged shipments so far total less than one-third of that amount. Said Taffari: "I regret to say that though we are very grateful for all the international sympathy, it is now the turn of foreign governments to implement the sympathy of their citizens. The little people have given all they...