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Ethiopia’s population has nearly doubled since 1985–now, 14 million need help as another food crisis sets in

by Rick Hampson

KONSO, Ethiopia — Once, the farmers walked for hours to bring their sorghum and maize here to market. These days they trod the same paths, parched grass crunching underfoot, to carry their starving children to a feeding clinic.

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