Ethiopian millions 'risk hunger'
BBC - May 19, 2008
Six million children in Ethiopia are at risk of acute malnutrition following the failure of rains, the UN children's agency, Unicef, has warned.
More than 60,000 children in two Ethiopian regions require immediate specialist feeding just to survive, Unicef says.
The situation is expected to worsen in the next few months as crops fail.
Aid agencies in Ethiopia say they are short of funds as donors concentrate on the emergencies in China and Burma. Read More.
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