Did Live Aid buy Ethiopia tanks and jets?

HAVING read the article on Somalia (Irish Examiner, January 2), I was amazed and annoyed to find that the country is being backed by Ethiopia in its conflict with Islamic militants.

It wasn’t the fact that Ethiopia is helping Somalia that irked so much but the fact that it helps with well armed troops, tanks and even MiG fighter jets.

Was it so long ago that the people of the world dug deep into their pockets for Live Aid to help the starving and impoverished people of that very country?