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Six million children threatened by Ethiopia drought: UN (AFP)

                   
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May 20, 2008
        
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ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - A severe drought in Ethiopia threatens up to six million children, the United Nations children's agency warned on Tuesday. "Up to six million children under five years of age are living in impoverished, drought-prone districts and require continuation of urgent preventive... [read full story]                    

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Ethiopia: Child Survival Gains Threatened By Malnutrition

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Drought returns to haunt Ethiopia

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Ethiopia: Child Survival Gains Threatened By Malnutrition

medicalnewstoday.com
May 22, 2008
        

An estimated 126,000 children are in need of urgent therapeutic care for severe malnutrition. UNICEF Ethiopia cautioned that up to six million children under-5 years of age are living in impoverished, drought-prone districts and require urgent preventive health and nutrition interventions. The...

                   

Millions of Africans face hunger as aid fails to flow - Feature

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May 22, 2008
        

Nairobi - United Nations agencies are warning of an impending food crisis in East Africa that could see millions facing starvation, but financial support is coming at a trickle as stretched governments and other donors struggle to find the resources ...

                   

UNICEF Warns Food Shortages Put Ethiopian Children at Risk

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May 21, 2008
        

UNICEF says up about six million children under five years of age need urgent nutritional and health care. The UN agency says the culprits are a combination of factors, including drought and the climbing price of foods, especially grain imports. UNICEF’s representative in Ethiopia, Bjorn...

                   

CNN - Girl, 3, Just 10 Lbs.; 120,000 Kids Near Death

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May 21, 2008
        

Poor rains, soaring global food prices make children mute, skeletal Bizunesh, 3, weighs less than 10 pounds, can't walk or speak 126,000 severely malnourished Ethiopian children urgently need food, medical care Aid agencies appealing for more money to support regular feeding programs SHANTO,...

                   

Thousands face death as drought sweeps Ethiopia

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May 21, 2008
        

by Staff Writers Rophi, Ethiopia (AFP) May 20, 2008 Seven-year-old Hirpo Amani sits propped against his mother with only a glimmer of life left in his sunken eyes, one of thousands of children facing death from a drought that is ravaging Ethiopia. With 80 million inhabitants, Ethiopia is Africa's...

                   

Six million children threatened by Ethiopia drought: UN

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May 21, 2008
        

by Staff Writers Addis Ababa (AFP) May 20, 2008 A severe drought in Ethiopia threatens up to six million children, the United Nations children's agency warned on Tuesday. "Up to six million children under five years of age are living in impoverished, drought-prone districts and require...

                   

Starvation claiming Ethiopia's tiniest (3-year-old weighs less than 10 pounds)

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May 21, 2008
        

SHANTO, Ethiopia (AP) -- This year's poor rains have nearly killed Bizunesh. The rangy 3-year-old weighs less than 10 pounds, or 4 kilograms. Her long limbs, weak and folded like a praying mantis, cannot carry even her slight weight. She cannot speak. She doesn't want to eat. Health officials say...

                   

Hunger claiming Ethiopia's tiniest kids

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May 21, 2008
        

Poor rains, soaring global food prices make children mute, skeletal Bizunesh, 3, weighs less than 10 pounds, can't walk or speak 126,000 severely malnourished Ethiopian children urgently need food, medical care Aid agencies appealing for more money to support regular feeding programs SHANTO,...

                   
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Girl, 3, just 10 lbs.; 120,000 kids near death

cnn.com
May 21, 2008
        

Poor rains, soaring global food prices make children mute, skeletal Bizunesh, 3, weighs less than 10 pounds, can't walk or speak 126,000 severely malnourished Ethiopian children urgently need food, medical care Aid agencies appealing for more money to support regular feeding programs SHANTO,...

                   

Girl, 3, just 10 lbs.; 120,000 kids near death

newslookup.com
May 21, 2008
        

Her name means "plentiful," but saggy skin dangles from her arms where flesh and muscle used to be. At 3, Bizunesh weighs less than 10 pounds. Her limbs are folded like a praying mantis, and she cannot speak. There are 120,000 more like Bizunesh, and UNICEF says they will be dead within a month.

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