Ethiopia Seeks Food Aid for 6.2M

Government Appeals for Emergency Help as Drought Leaves Many Starving in Nation Where 80% Live Off the Land

(AP)  Ethiopia says it needs emergency food aid for 6.2 million people.

The crisis stems from a drought that has affected much of the Horn of Africa, including Kenya and Somalia.

Mitiku Kassa, Ethiopia's state minister for agriculture and rural development, appealed to donors Thursday for more than $121 million.

Ethiopia drew international attention in 1984 when a famine compounded by communist policies killed 1 million people.

Drought is especially disastrous in Ethiopia because more than 80 percent of people live off the land.

[Virgil-1]

I always had to work for my food.
This is just rich peoples way of begging for money.The starving won't see any food after the moneys collected.

[diamruby]

People that live in these countries breed like flies, do nothing to stop having children that will starve to death or worse. They are all very ignorant & will never better themselves. We should only be helping those that help themselves. We have been providing for these countries for hundreds of years with no improvement. If these countries want a better life then they need to do what it takes to make it happen. Welfare breeds more welfare in all countries including the USA. The best thing we could do for them is have mass sterilization for all!!

[DaVicar8]

Maybe they should move out of desert?

Ohhhh, Oooooooooooooh...

[DaVicar8]

Maybe they should move out of desert?

Ohhhh, Oooooooooooooh...

[Iamthemango]

The poorest look to the US because we are still the wealthiest, most powerful nation in the world. We should feed the Ethiopians.

America feeds the hungry of the world. It is what separates us from the rest of the pack. We are blessed because we give.

[babooph]

Seem like nice people,but why should others endlessly pay to feed these huge families when the parents should know to drastically limit their #of kids to those they can care for -CHILD ABUSE FOR SURE!