Children Starving In Ethiopia Because Of Drought And Soaring Food Prices

                   
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sky.com     May 20, 2008            

A drought in Ethiopia has triggered a food crisis and left 126,000 children suffering from severe malnutrition, according to the UN. The government and aid agencies are struggling to find money to help because food prices are soaring around the world. UNICEF says six million Ethiopian children... [read full story]                    

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Ethiopian children dying daily from starvation

cnn.com     May 20, 2008          

Drought and soaring food prices leaves Ethiopian children facing famine UNICEF: Country is facing an open crisis UNICEF is appealing for $10 million for Ethiopia's emergency needs EGU VILLAGE, Ethiopia (CNN) -- A year of drought and soaring food prices has threatened the lives of tens of...                    

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Rising food prices threaten Ethiopian children

cnn.com     May 20, 2008          

Drought and soaring food prices leaves Ethiopian children facing famine UNICEF: Country is facing an open crisis UNICEF is appealing for $10 million for Ethiopia's emergency needs EGU VILLAGE, Ethiopia (CNN) -- A year of drought and soaring food prices has threatened the lives of tens of...                    

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

yahoo.com     May 20, 2008          

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...                    

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Ethiopian drought endangers six million children, says UN

earthtimes.org     May 20, 2008          

Nairobi - A severe drought in Ethiopia is endangering six million children with many of them in need of urgent treatment for severe malnutrition, the United Nations children's agency said Tuesday. Up to six million children under five years of age a...                    

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Aid Agencies Sound Alarm as Ethiopia's Food Crisis Worsens

voanews.com     May 20, 2008          

Heinlein report - Listen (MP3) Humanitarian aid agencies are pleading for more help, in the face of a rapidly developing food emergency in drought-stricken central Ethiopia. World Food Program (WFP) estimates that, to cover food shortages, Ethiopia will need $147 million more aid than what has...                    

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Drought and high food prices leads to new starvation crisis in Ethiopia

iht.com     May 20, 2008          

This year's poor rains have nearly killed Bizunesh. Bizunesh — whose name, sadly, means "plentiful" — is one of untold numbers of children hit by this year's double blow of a countrywide drought and skyrocketing global food prices that has brought famine, once again, to Ethiopia. Today in Africa...                    

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Ethiopian children dying from starvation

cnn.com     May 20, 2008          

A year of drought and soaring food prices has threatened the lives of tens of thousands of Ethiopian children. The World Food Programme is responsible for supplying emergency food but rising food prices mean it cannot guarantee aid for all the areas in need.                    

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Children starving, again, in Ethiopia

newsvine.com     May 20, 2008          

This year's poor rains have nearly killed Bizunesh. Bizunesh — whose name, sadly, means "plentiful" — is one of untold numbers of children hit by this year's double blow of a countrywide drought and skyrocketing global food prices that has brought famine, once again, to Ethiopia. The U.N. World...                    

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Children starving, again, in Ethiopia

baynews9.com     May 20, 2008          

Ethiopian child Bizunesh Hidana 3-year-old weighing less than 10 pounds (four kilograms is )seen at an emergency feeding center in southern Ethiopia, Friday May 9, 2008 . The U.N. World Food Program estimates that 2.7 million Ethiopians will need emergency food aid because of late rains _ nearly...                    

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Children starving, again, in Ethiopia

chron.com     May 20, 2008          

SHANTO, Ethiopia — This year's poor rains have nearly killed Bizunesh. The 3-year-old weighs less than 10 pounds. 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 she is permanently stunted.                    

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