In 1985, musician and activist Bob Geldof organized the now-legendary Live Aid benefit concerts in London and Philadelphia to raise money in response to the devastating two-year famine in Ethiopia.
Drought, conflict, graft: the reasons for Ethiopia's hunger crisis are varied, and some could have been avoided. But while Ethiopians go to bed hungry, political elites feast on their appetite for power.
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