Famine returns to Ethiopia

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: January 5, 2003| Author: MARC LACEY | Copyright information

Famine returns to Ethiopia

Millions threatened, as drought appears worse than that of '80s

By MARC LACEY New York Times

Sunday, January 5, 2003

Dere Kiltu, Ethiopia -- When famine hit Ethiopia so hard in 1984 that a million people died of hunger, Shuga Bati was among the fortunate. She lives in one of the country's relatively few pockets known for producing a surplus of food.

But a sustained drought that relief officials say is even more sweeping than the one...

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