Monday, August 18, 2008

Ethiopia's new famine: 'A ticking time bomb' - USATODAY.com

USA Today reports: "Ethiopia, perennially one of the world's hungriest nations, now faces what Oxfam, one of dozens of international aid organizations responding to the crisis, calls 'a toxic cocktail.' Its ingredients: drought that in some places killed the entire spring crop; global inflation that has doubled the price of food; armed rebellion in the Somali region that has disrupted food delivery; and assorted plagues, from insects to hailstones."

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