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Fri 10 Oct 2009Food shortages in Ethiopia of grave concern, says Ambassador
POOR RAINFALL has led to a severe deterioration in the levels of food available in parts of Ethiopia, but the unfolding crisis cannot be compared to the 1984 famine, the Irish Ambassador to Ethiopia told an Oireachtas committee yesterday.
Addressing the subcommittee on overseas development, Síle Maguire warned that the situation regarding food shortages in Ethiopia was of grave concern.
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