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
Ethiopia: Apocalypse Now or in 40 Years?
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
In October, 2009, I wrote a weekly commentary titled, “Famine and the Noisome Beast in Ethiopia”:
…It is hard to talk about Ethiopia these days in non-apocalyptic terms. Millions of Ethiopians are facing their
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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 …