Talk:1984 - 1985 famine in Ethiopia
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[edit] Suggestion
It should probably be noted in the article that this famine occurred within the context of the regime's collectivization of agriculture policies. It wasn't just a natural drought anymore than the failures in North Korea, China Great Leap Forward, and the USSR Ukraine were. This is something that the international media consistently failed to note. Robert Kaplan's "Surrender or Starve" covers it pretty well. And it was these policies, among other things, that led to the revolts in Tigre and Eritrea which this article somewhat ironically credits for the famine.
[edit] CBC First to Report
The article says, "BBC news reports brought the famine to public attention." However, CBC's Brian Stewart is accreditted as being the first Western reporter to document the famine. 64.180.219.78 21:58, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] statistics in article
are the statistics in this article from the time of the famine or are they from modern times?
[edit] Map
Hmm..I was under the impression that it affected Eritrea as much as it did Tigray. Perhaps Ethiopia as it was in 1984-5 should be shown and references to the famine in Eritrea be included? — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 20:49, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
