Asmara and the Siege of Hunger; In Ethiopia, a Once-Beautiful City and Famine Relief Are War's Casualities

The Washington Post | April 4, 1988| | Copyright

In the lobby of the Nyala Hotel, near a rusting cappuccino machine and a fish tank clotted with snails, an Ethiopian in a dark suit sits and studies a group of foreigners.

It is an hour before midnight, nearly curfew. Soon the government soldier at the front door, the one with the automatic rifle over his shoulder, will motion lingering guests upstairs to sour-smelling rooms that have no running water.

For the moment, the foreigners-lanky, fair-haired men dressed in the green flight suits of the Belgian and Swedish air forces-have drawn their chairs into a circle and ordered a last round ...

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