Ethiopia rejects warning of hunger after drought

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An Ethiopian minister has denied reports that millions of people need urgent food aid after failed rains.

Disaster Prevention Minister Mikitu Kassa told the BBC that the government was helping those hit by the drought.

He was speaking after the US-funded Famine Early Warning System warned of increased hunger in parts of the country in the coming months.

Ethiopia has been extremely sensitive to images showing its people as starving since the famine of 1984-5.

Mr Mikitu said the report was "not evidence-based".

"It is baseless, it is contrary to the situation on the ground," he told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8436534.stm

[sakabatou]

1. *facepalm*

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Unbelievable.

But don't you know, saving face is SO much more important than saving your people?

Holy God.

:grr:

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