British minister withholds aid as Ethiopia hides famine victims

Oxfam Calls for New Approach to Hunger

By: patelashishme0932

NAIROBI, Oct 22 (IRIN) - With droughts becoming more common, donors and the Ethiopian government must look beyond the traditional "band aid" responses to disasters by using approaches that are more cost-effective, sustainable and better suited to the population, international aid agency Oxfam says in a new report. A woman and child ...

29 days ago

Ethiopia asks for urgent food aid

By: BiodunIginla

Thursday, October 22, 2009 Search term http://www.allvoices.com/s/event-4459148/aHR0cDovL2

about 1 month ago

African Ministers Appeal to Keep Poor Students in School During ...

By: chnarendra

14 leading African Finance and Education Ministers have written to development and finance ministers in leading OECD donor countries, appealing for financial help to send 20 million children to primary school for the first time by the end of next year.   In their letter to donor government leaders, the African Ministers, from Burkina ...

about 1 month ago

Climate change compounds Ethiopia's food crisis

By: dustgeer

  Standing amidst a group of scrawny fellow Ethiopian farmers, Tuke Shika points to the scorching sun when asked why his food reserves have dwindled this year. "The weather has changed, it's not as it used to be before," he laments. "The rains are increasingly erratic, and we are getting less and less yields." In Loke, 350 kilometres (215 ...

12 days ago