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Before the 1983–1985 famine, two decades of wars of national liberation and other anti-government conflict had raged throughout northern Ethiopia and present-day Eritrea. The most prominent feature of the fighting was the use of indiscriminate violence against civilians by the Ethiopian Army and Air Force. [ 25 ]
1984–85 Tigray and Wollo 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
Richard Pankhurst, in his review of the book Politics and the Ethiopian Famine, 1984-1985, notes that some critics of the regime at the time compared "the resettlement centres to Hitler's concentration camps", and having visited them noted that Ethiopia is "a poor and economically underdeveloped country. Resettlement is therefore being carried ...
The famine in Ethiopia in 1984 served as the beginning of a country-wide famine that lasted for at least 20 years after the crisis itself. [4] According to the study Hunger and Poverty in Ethiopia: local perceptions of famine and famine response, "In 2003, up to 15 million people were considered food insecure."
The Ethiopian famine of 1984 was far from a straightforward natural disaster. It was exacerbated by the civil war between Ethiopia’s Soviet-aligned Derg regime and insurgent groups such as the ...
Famine caused by the Mozambican Civil War: Mozambique: 100,000: 1983–1985: 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia [162] Ethiopia: 400,000 – 600,000 [163] 1984–1985: Famine caused by drought, economic crisis and the Second Sudanese Civil War: Sudan: 240,000: 1986–1987 Seventh Kere: Madagascar: 1988: Famine caused by the Second Sudanese Civil War ...
There are fears that a famine is looming in the drought-hit and war-scarred Ethiopian region. Ethiopia hunger: About 225 starve to death in Tigray - officials Skip to main content
Ethiopia's state agriculture minister said on Tuesday a majority of farmers in the Tigray region were planting crops on time, after the United Nations warned of famine in the area following ...