There is famine in Ethiopia in 2014, but it is known by other fancy names
Famine in Ethiopia is a topic that horrifies me. Over the years, I have written long commentaries on the subject often challenging with incontrovertible facts …
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The Great Ethiopian Famine of 1984 Remembered
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A Glimpse of the Creeping Famine in Ethiopia
Behold the rider of the Black Horse (famine) eyeing Ethiopia once again
Last week, NBC News aired an investigative report by Martin Geissler on the creeping famine in Ethiopia :
…[Ethiopia] is the face of the world food crises. In
What Should Starving Ethiopians do to Help Themselves?
Alemayehu G. Mariam
In 1987 when Time Magazine featured a famine-stricken Ethiopian mother on its cover page, it failed to ask the most important question of all: What should Ethiopians do and not do to help themselves?
It is the …
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What Should the World Do and Not Do To Save Ethiopians?
Alemayehu G. Mariam
Nearly a quarter of a century ago, Time Magazine on its cover page asked two weighty questions about recurrent famines in Ethiopia: “Why are Ethiopians starving again? What should the world do and not do” to help …
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Why are Ethiopians Starving Again in 2011?
Alemayehu G. Mariam
On December 21, 1987, Time Magazine on its cover page featured a downcast and crestfallen young Ethiopian mother as a symbol of famine victims in that country. Time asked two …
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Ethiopia’s “Silently” Creeping Famine
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
“Oh! What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive,” said Sir Walter Scott, the novelist and poet. Is there “famine” in Ethiopia, or not? Are large numbers of people “starving” there, or …