Food Aid Imperiled In Ethiopia; Fighting With Rebels Threatens Starvation For Over 3 Million

From: The Washington Post | Date: February 20, 1990| Author: Neil Henry | Copyright information

Fighting between rebels and Ethiopian government troops at the Red Sea port of Massawa appears to be continuing with heavy casualties, 11 days after the start of a rebel offensive that has curtailed food shipments and severed relief lines to more than 3 million peasants in danger of starvation, according to Western analysts in the Ethiopian capital.

Ethiopian President Mengistu Haile Mariam issued an impassioned radio appeal to his soldiers Sunday night to fight "to the last man" to ...

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