Ethiopia: Govt starving thousands & siphoning off aid dollar

The New York Times is reporting the Ethiopian government is putting hundreds of thousands of people at risk of starvation by blockading emergency food aid and choking off trade to eastern parts of the country....One humanitarian official accused Ethiopia of trying to starve out the population. He said "If something isn't done on the diplomatic front soon, we're going to have a government-caused famine on our hands." The official refused to be quoted by name because he feared reprisals against aid workers. The New York Times also reports the U.S.-backed Ethiopian military and its proxy militias have been siphoning off millions of dollars in international food aid and using a UN polio eradication program to funnel money to pro-government fighters.

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[vantarinitel]

Can't you see how smart this government is? That's hundreds of thousands of people who will have to use their brains for the first time in their lives, and if they can't, they'll die. So what? Everyone dies, and there's no reason to let many of them survive, proliferate, and add more starving, 'dying' people to the country.

[vinepez]

They aint that hungry that it stops them from fucking and having loads of kids which adds to the problem. If they aint prepared to help themselves why should we bother to help them!

[Kalydosos]

Are you going to do it?

[kingdomofdalriada]

"ach year between 13 and 40 million people are at risk of starvation"

Ethiopia should not be given any aid. Ethiopians need culled like deer.

If there are too many deer you have to shoot them for the rest to survive. I think ever 1 in 5 ethiopians should be shot in the head.

it is better than prolonging their suffering through aid.

[Ethiojegna3]

eritrea is not a country its still a fascist nazi colony of italy.

hahahahah a couple of days ago ISAYASS DECLARED BREAD AND PASTA A LUXURY ITEM HAHAHAHAHAHH

[madastonniesuh]

The situation in Eritrea is even worse.

[ethiogal90]

Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa with a population of about 75 million. Ethiopia contains one of the largest concentrations of poor people on the planet and ranks 1 out of 177 countries Poverty in Ethiopia affects most of the population

Over 60 million (81%) live below a poverty line of $2 a day

31 million 41% live on less than half a dollar a day

Each year between 13 and 40 million people are at risk of starvation

[winnta]

hehe u don't have nothing to say do u?!

[madastonniesuh]

fuck you slave.

[madastonniesuh]

Fuck the ONLF!