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THE CAUSES
Why is famine back again?
More than eight million people face starvation in drought-stricken Ethiopia, where one million people were killed by famine 15 years ago.

War and drought in the Horn

'Crisis waiting to happen'

Ethiopia: Is debt to blame?

Famine threat across the Horn

Flashback 1984: Portrait of a famine

Horn conflict: Devil in the detail

THE VICTIMS
Eyewitness: Ethiopia's fatal famine
Nita Bhalla reports from a feeding centre in the Ogaden region, where five children are dying daily as a result of severe drought.

Famine devastates Somali family

In pictures: Famine in Gode

AVERTING DISASTER
Tough job ahead in Ethiopia
Food distribution to Ethiopia's starving is threatened by the border war, banditry and abysmal roads.

Ethiopia aid: Who is giving what?

Is aid really helping?


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