Last week, the World Food Programme warned that emergency food aid for 7.8 million Ethiopians would run out by the end of June - a claim the government denies. (premierchristianity.com)
In the 2004 - 05 growing season, drought produced a catastrophic maize harvest, and five million people — more than a third of the country — needed emergency food aid. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
By the end of 2008 those in need of emergency food aid had risen to 5.5 million with an alarming rise in child malnutrition. (politics.co.uk)