Ethiopia's worst famine in 20 years
The largest emergency food aid programme in the world is in top gear, shipping tens of thousands of tonnes of mainly US grain to Ethiopia each month, but it is proving pitifully inadequate for what are thought to be millions of people in Tadese's situation. Ethiopia, in the grip of drought, needs far more food than expected only three months ago. Because of a sixth poor rainy season in three years, the authorities and western charities overseeing food distribution are beginning to accept that 20 million people - not 13 million as originally thought - may now need help at least until the end of the year to avoid destitution and starvation. :: This report from The Guardian is submitted for your famine (Matthew 24:7) files.