1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia

thumb|Food distribution organized by Ethiopian Red Cross volunteers. The 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia was a widespread famine affecting Ethiopia from 1983 to 1985. The worst famine to hit the country in a century, it affected 7.75 million people (out of Ethiopia's 38–40 million) and left approximately 300,000 to 1.2 million dead. 2.5 million people were internally displaced whereas 400,000 refugees left Ethiopia. Almost 200,000 children were orphaned. Quotes Hell on Earth. Thousands were dying every week, the impact of drought compounded by the Marxist regime being in denial about the famine's severity and by the region being caught up in civil war. My overwhelming memory is of parched countryside, bare hills - and weary and weakened men, women and children congregated in places they thought they might find food. External links Category:Droughts Category:Famines Category:20th century in Ethiopia