Millions of Ethiopians need aid as drought crisis deepens

WHILE the world’s attention is firmly focused on the famine in Somalia, another deepening food crisis is emerging in Ethiopia and is now affecting a population the size of Ireland, it has been warned.

According to David Dalton, the head of Plan Ireland, about 4.57 million Ethiopians are in need of humanitarian assistance as the drought crisis deepens.

Speaking from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Mr Dalton said action must be taken immediately to avert a similar crisis to the one unfolding in neighbouring Somalia.