ETHIOPIA: Emergency beneficiaries increase to 6.4 million

ADDIS ABABA Tuesday, October 14, 2008 (IRIN) - More than six million people in Ethiopia now require emergency food assistance because of drought and rising food prices, according to the government, revising a June estimate of 4.6 million needy people. The official figure in April was 2.2 million. "Based upon the findings of joint belg/gu [short seasonal rains] assessment accompanied by a series of discussions with the concerned regional governments, the number of emergency beneficiaries has...