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Close to 8 million people became famine victims during the drought of 1984, and over 1 million died. In the same year (23 October), [36] a BBC news crew was the first to document the famine, with Michael Buerk describing "a biblical famine in the 20th century" and "the closest thing to hell on Earth". [37]
Michael Duncan Buerk (/ b ɜːr k /; [1] born 18 February 1946) is a British journalist and newsreader. He presented BBC News from 1973 to 2002 and has been the host of BBC Radio 4 's The Moral Maze since 1990. [ 2 ]
Mohamed Amin MBE (29 August 1943 – 23 November 1996) was a Kenyan photojournalist.. Amin's filming of Michael Buerk's report of the 1984 Ethiopian famine brought international attention to the crisis and eventually helped start the charity wave that resulted in Live Aid concerts.
‘The 10 O’Clock news thought it was the second most important thing that happened in the world,’ he said
Michael Buerk – originally a reporter, most notably on the Ethiopian famine in 1984, and later a newsreader; presenter of the Ten O'Clock bulletin from 2000 to 2003. Roland Buerk – former BBC Tokyo correspondent, and son of Michael Buerk.
“The Ukrainian famine was a clear case of a man-made famine,” says Alex de Waal, an expert on humanitarian crises who teaches at Tufts and heads the World Peace Foundation. He described the ...
A famine is a widespread scarcity of food [1] [2] ... BBC newsreader Michael Buerk gave moving commentary of the tragedy on 23 October 1984, ... full-price basis ...
Following four consecutive years of drought, parts of Somalia are projected to enter a famine next month based on new reports about acute food insecurity in the region. Despite warnings from ...