Nearly 8 Million Ethiopians Need Emergency Food, Water

Ethiopia is appealing for $1.6 billion to provide emergency and long-term aid for 7.88 million people affected by drought, floods and conflict. U.N. officials presented their humanitarian and disaster resilience plan. Ethiopia is emerging from three consecutive years of drought in a perilous state.  Among those hardest-hit are some 2.4 million pastoralists who have lost 80 percent of their livestock.   U.N. resident and humanitarian coordinator in Ethiopia Ahunna...

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