Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A widespread famine affected Ethiopia from 1983 to 1985. [4] The worst famine to hit the country in a century, [5] it affected 7.75 million people (out of Ethiopia 's 38–40 million) and left approximately 300,000 to 1.2 million dead. 2.5 million people were internally displaced whereas 400,000 refugees left Ethiopia.
The 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia had a death toll of 1.2 million, leaving "400,000 refugees outside the country, 2.5 million people internally displaced, and almost 200,000 orphans." [20]: 44 [22] The majority of the dead were from Tigray and other parts of northern Ethiopia. [23] 2003 A severe drought affected 13.2 million people in 2002/2003.
Occurring between July 2011 and mid-2012, a severe drought affected the entire East African region. [ 7 ] Said to be "the worst in 60 years", [ 8 ] the drought caused a severe food crisis across Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya that threatened the livelihood of 9.5 million people. [ 6 ] Many refugees from southern Somalia fled to ...
The World Bank has long made Ethiopia a top priority, funneling loans to its government to help the East African nation of some 90 million people move past its legacy of poverty and famine. In 2005, the bank cut off funding for Ethiopia after the country’s authoritarian leaders massacred scores of people and arrested some 20,000 political ...
The 2020–present Horn of Africa drought is an ongoing drought that hit the countries of Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya. The rainy season of 2022 was recorded to be the driest in over 40 years, [30][31] with an estimated 43,000 in Somalia dying in 2022. [32][33] As of 2023, the region is now in its 5th failed rainy season [34] and a 6th failed ...
The fall of the Derg, also known as Downfall of the Derg, was a military campaign that resulted in the defeat of the ruling Marxist–Leninist military junta, the Derg, by the rebel coalition Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) on 28 May 1991 in Addis Ababa, ending the Ethiopian Civil War. The Derg took power after ...
severe drought, irregular rainfall. The 2020–present Horn of Africa drought is an ongoing drought that hit the countries of Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya. The rainy season of 2022 was recorded to be the driest in over 40 years, [3][4] with an estimated 43,000 in Somalia dying in 2022. [5][6] As of 2023, the region is now in its 5th failed ...
Addis Ababa (/ ˌædɪs ˈæbəbə /; [5] Amharic: አዲስ አበባ, lit. 'new flower' [adˈdis ˈabəba] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. [6][7][8] In the 2007 census, the city's population was estimated to be 2,739,551 inhabitants. [2] Addis Ababa is a highly developed [9] and important cultural, artistic, financial and ...