Ethiopian Timebomb ; Letters




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PRIME MINISTER Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and Bob Geldof rightly say we must help the people of Africa. In the past 25 years, our political and charitable leaders have delivered our well- intentioned aid to Ethiopia, only to find that its unfortunate people are again on the brink of a great disaster.

The 1984 census for Ethiopia put its population at about 40 million. Today, it has doubled to an incredible 80 million. This monumental increase in humankind is on land which cannot support a fraction of that number. I feel it would help them plan for their sustainable future if the facts could be established from the Prime Minister, Blair and Geldof as to why Ethiopia's population should have doubled during the 25 years in a period of appalling drought, starvation and death.

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Ethiopian Timebomb ; Letters

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