National Catholic Reporter, May 12th, 2000
A land of chronic disaster and endless determination
Heavily laden with sacks of emergency food donated by foreign governments, the camels confidently pad their way down the steep road that runs from Mersa, high in the Girana Mountains, south into the valleys around Dese where hungry people wait. Suddenly, up the grade roars a caravan of huge new Volvo trucks, painted green and burdened down with ammunition and other war supplies for the northern front, their roar and exhaust pushing the camels close to the precipice at the side of the road.
Welcome to Ethiopia.
Poster child for famine, t...
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