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| Ethiopia's emergency food aid to run out next month | Ethiopia's emergency food aid to run out next month |
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| Ethiopia will run out of emergency food aid for 7.8 million people affected by drought at the end of this month, the UN has warned. | Ethiopia will run out of emergency food aid for 7.8 million people affected by drought at the end of this month, the UN has warned. |
| Aid groups and the government are calling for help, but fear donor fatigue with other crises worldwide. | Aid groups and the government are calling for help, but fear donor fatigue with other crises worldwide. |
| Famine has been declared in South Sudan, and there are warnings of famine in north-east Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia. | |
| But Ethiopia is also struggling following successive failed rains. | But Ethiopia is also struggling following successive failed rains. |
| The government, while better at coping with droughts than in previous years, still does not have the funds to cope by itself. | The government, while better at coping with droughts than in previous years, still does not have the funds to cope by itself. |
| It allocated $381m (£300m) extra over the last two years, but is unable to sustain it for a third year. | It allocated $381m (£300m) extra over the last two years, but is unable to sustain it for a third year. |
| It has left Ethiopia in a "dire situation", according to John Aylieff of the World Food Programme, a UN agency. | It has left Ethiopia in a "dire situation", according to John Aylieff of the World Food Programme, a UN agency. |
| "We've got food running out nationally at the end of June," he told reporters on Friday. | "We've got food running out nationally at the end of June," he told reporters on Friday. |
| "That means the 7.8 million people who are in need of humanitarian food assistance in Ethiopia will see that distribution cut abruptly at the end of June." | "That means the 7.8 million people who are in need of humanitarian food assistance in Ethiopia will see that distribution cut abruptly at the end of June." |
| His words were echoed by John Graham, of Save the Children | His words were echoed by John Graham, of Save the Children |
| He told AFP news agency: "After [the food runs out], we don't know what is going to happen. And without that basic food then you will have problem falling into severe malnutrition because people are not getting any food. | He told AFP news agency: "After [the food runs out], we don't know what is going to happen. And without that basic food then you will have problem falling into severe malnutrition because people are not getting any food. |
| "These children become severely malnourished and that's where you have a very dangerous situation." | "These children become severely malnourished and that's where you have a very dangerous situation." |