The interim government of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has appealed for the Ethiopian federal government to intervene after a ...

It is pausing a program we lead that provides more than 400,000 polio vaccinations every month in African countries, putting ...

1974 – In Bangladesh, 1.5 million perish. 1975-1979 – Famine in Cambodia results in 1.5-2 million deaths. 1984-1985 – Ethiopian famine, affects more than 8 million people and results in ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The interim government of Ethiopia ... with millions displaced and many left near famine in Africa’s second-most populous country. However, since the war ended ...

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS ... in 1985 in the wake of massive famines in Africa and especially in Ethiopia, where nearly one million deaths shocked the world.

Harden says that early warning is what was missing during the country's disastrous earlier famine. "We were able to send a disaster assistance response team to Ethiopia in advance and pre-position ...