BBC News has reported that the Ethiopian government has asked the international community for emergency food aid for 6.2 million people. The article states that:
"The request came at a meeting of donors to discuss the impact of a prolonged drought affecting parts of East Africa. The UN's World Food Programme says $285m (£173m) will be needed in the next six months. Some aid officials say the numbers of hungry could rise. Aid agency Oxfam has called for a new approach to tackling the risk of disaster in the country."
It makes me think of the saying - History does not repeat itself just revolves ... I remember as if it was yesterday the Live Aid concert even though it was actually a quarter of a century - sobering thought.
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