Ethiopia, UN launch food appeal for 2.8 mln people

 

Reuters:  Ethiopia and the United Nations said on Monday 2.8 millions Ethiopians will need emergency food aid in 2011, and appealed for $227 million to fund programmes for the first six months.  The Horn of Africa nation is still one of the world's poorest countries, with nearly 10 percent of the population of 77 million people relying on emergency food aid last year.  Read More…