Ethiopia Famine Archives: UMCOR's Response

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Photo: In the remote village of Gubalaftu in the northern highlands of Ethiopia, a woman calms her hungry child. People in the village, in the north Welo region, are eating just once a day, often eating so-called "famine foods," including moss and leaves. Credit: Paul Jeffrey/ACT, April 2000.

Onsite and Partner News Archives

• 2003 News
• Fear Looming of '84-like Famine in Ethiopia, ACT, April 4. 2003.
  
• 2002 News
• UMCOR Hotline, November 27, 2002.
• UMCOR Hotline, November 22, 2002.
  
• 2000 News
• UMCOR Hotline, September 15, 2000
• Churches Play a Crucial Role in African Food Crisis, Dateline Act, August 4, 2000
• Churches Unite to Help Millions of Starving Ethiopians by Paul Jeffrey, UMNS, May 4, 2000 (with photos)
• Northern Ethiopia Waits in Vain for Rain by Paul Jeffrey, ACT, April 30, 2000 (with photos)
• Why Another Drought in Ethiopia? by Paul Jeffrey, ACT, April 26, 2000
• Waiting to Die in Southern Ethiopia by Paul Jeffrey, ACT, April 25, 2000
• Famine in Ethiopia Gets the World's Attention, ACT, April 13, 2000
• Millions Face Famine in the Horn of Africa, ACT, April 6, 2000

Offsite News

• Ethiopia: Relief Web
  ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). When a disaster strikes, it features news from UMCOR and other relief agencies.
• Ethiopia: Africa News Service.
• Food Shortages to Persist in Sub-Saharan Africa, The Nation (Nairobi), May 2, 2001.
• Why Is the Famine Back Again?, BBC, March 31, 2000
• 1983-1984
• Ethiopian Famine 1983-1984, Photos
• Flashback 1984: Portrait of a Famine, BBC, April 6, 2000

Photos, Maps, and Facts

• Clickable Map About Southern Africa Famine, BBC. The map is accompanied with detailed stories about each affected country.
• Africa, Maps (1998 and 1999), various formats.
• Basic Facts About Ethiopia, with small political map (1999).
• Ethiopia, Large Map, Political (1999), 83,957 Bytes.
• Ethiopia, Small Map, Political (1999), 11,000 Bytes.
• Ethiopia, Large Map, Relief (1999), 181,322 Bytes.
• Ethiopian Famine 1983-1984, Photos.
• In Pictures: Famine in Gode, 2000, BBC.