The 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia had a death toll of 1.2 million, leaving "400,000 refugees outside the country, 2.5 million people internally displaced, and almost 200,000 orphans." [ 20 ] : 44 [ 22 ] The majority of the dead were from Tigray and other parts of northern Ethiopia.

A widespread famine affected Ethiopia from 1983 to 1985. [4] The worst famine to hit the country in a century, [5] it affected 7.75 million people (out of Ethiopia's 38–40 million) or 1/5 of the population and left approximately 300,000 to 1.2 million dead. 2.5 million people were internally displaced whereas 400,000 refugees left Ethiopia ...

2023年2月3日 · The 1980s Ethiopia famine was one of the worst humanitarian events of the 20th century, galvanizing the world’s attention to end widespread starvation and save lives. Ethiopia’s food shortages and hunger crisis from 1983 to 1985 led to an estimated 1 million famine deaths, according to the United Nations.

2025年1月28日 · In 2024, Concern celebrated 50 years of work in Ethiopia, and what began as a response to the 1974 Wollo Famine has become a multifaceted programme serving both immediate emergency needs and long-term projects designed to mitigated against future risks.

2024年1月25日 · This essay compares the 1984 Ethiopian famine with a threatened famine in 2024 that could kill as many as a million people.

2024年12月27日 · Ethiopia’s experience with famine has been shaped by a deadly mix of environmental shocks, political inertia, and systemic inequities. Recurring episodes, such as the famines of 1972-75 and 1984-85, underscore the country’s vulnerability to both natural and man-made disasters.

The Great Ethiopian Famine alone, which spanned from 1888 to 1892, is estimated to have killed up to one-third of the population and is commonly referred to as kifu qan or “evil days.”

2024年10月10日 · The USAID-supported Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has estimated that large parts of northern and eastern Ethiopia experienced ‘crisis’ levels of food insecurity from August to September 2024, and parts of Afar, Tigray and Amhara in the north were in the ‘emergency’ category.

The great famine of 1983-85 in Ethiopia was an important landmark in the history of global humanitarianism. The famine — following almost two decade of a civil war — was the worst to hit the country in more than a century, killing between 400,000 to 500,000 people.

Beginning with the onset of the Tigray War in November 2020, acute food shortages leading to death and starvation became widespread in northern Ethiopia, and the Tigray, Afar and Amhara Regions in particular.