Ethiopia has emerged as one of the biggest victims of global inflation after food prices in the country nearly doubled in the 12 months to July, intensifying a hunger crisis that has already affected millions of people.
Amassive airlift of the ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) Plumpy’Nut arrived in Addis Ababa last night as part of UNICEF’s emergency response to meet the urgent needs of severely malnourished children in drought-affected areas of Ethiopia.
Ethiopia should immediately abandon plans to impose strict government controls and "draconian" criminal penalties on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), rights groups said on Tuesday, calling on donor governments to speak out publicly against the "de facto criminalization" of most of activities in the country
ADDIS ABABA, 2 July 2008 (IRIN) - Donor pledges to cover food and non-food items were insufficient to tackle the massive food shortages the country is facing, the government has said. Ethiopiasays 4.5 million people need food aid
AlertNet - June 3, 2008
Source: Reuters By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA, June 3 (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Tuesday that 4.5 million of its people needed emergency food aid -- more than 1 million more than an earlier estimate of 3.4 million
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimates that well over 100 000 children are in need of urgent therapeutic care for severe malnutrition in Ethiopia, and this number is likely to climb as more harvests fail.
Clutching an intricate bronze cross he used to dig graves during Ethiopia's 1984-1985 famine, priest Alemayu Gede prays drought and high food prices will not make him use it as a shovel again.
ETHIOPIA: Soaring malnutrition hits children hardest
AlertNet - May 28, 2008
Source: IRIN Genetu Dekebo's children were on the verge of starvation at the time she decided to seek treatment at Rophi therapeutic feeding centre in southern Ethiopia's Oromiya regional state.
UNICEF calls for aid to Ethiopia
UPI via Yahoo! - May 20, 2008
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 21 (UPI) -- About 126,000 Ethiopian children need urgent medical care for malnutrition and 6 million under the age of 5 are at risk, UNICEF said Tuesday
SIRARO, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Ethiopian mother Ayantu Tamon has lost a child to hunger every year for the last four and now cradles her severely malnourished and weakened three-year-old son Hirbu in her arms.
Some 3.2 million people are now in urgent need of food aid in Ethiopia because of the continued drought in the African country, up from 2.2 million just one month ago, according to the United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Unicef has warned that six million Ethiopian children under the age of five may be at risk of malnutrition. The United Nations children's agency said a recent drought in the east African country has caused a food crisis and estimates 126,000 children are suffering from severe malnutrition.
Source: Reuters By Barry Malone SIRARO, Ethiopia, May 19 (Reuters) - Ethiopian mother Ayantu Tamon has lost a child to hunger every year for the last four and now cradles her severely malnourished and weakened ...
19 May 2008 – Some 3.2 million people are now in urgent need of food aid in Ethiopia because of the continued drought in the African country, up from 2.2 million just one month ago, according to the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Food crisis in Ethiopia
UNICEF makes plea for additional resources to help malnourished children.
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