Ethiopia's Urban Poor Cannot Afford To Eat
IPS - June 20, 2008

Interview with Abera Tola (AT), Director of Oxfam's Horn of Africa regional office

IPS: Hunger is obviously a recurring theme of life in Ethiopia. What do you think are the underlying, fundamental causes of that?

AT: We have to have good polices, strategies to really tackle poverty in Ethiopia. We are living in an area of cyclical drought and food shortages, every year. Last year, we at Oxfam raised $3 million, and the year before we raised the same amount of money, and we are doing that with meagre resources. If there was a government strategy that would address the root causes, we would be more than happy to collaborate with the government. Read More.