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25 years after Ethiopia’s famine that took the lives of one million, Ethiopia asks for emergency food aid for 6.2 million people following a five year drought that has afflicted more than 23 million people in seven east African nations. Mitiku Kassa, Ethiopia’s state minister for agriculture and rural development, appealed for 159,410 tonnes of food worth $121 million, 11 tonnes of fortified blended food for malnourished children and women worth $8.9 million, and $45 million in non-food needs. Oxfam, an aid agency, said that imported food aid will only save lives in the short term so they need a program to focus on preparing communities to prevent and deal with disasters before they come. __ Afrol News:  __ [] __ Daily Times: __ [] __ Similarities: __ Afrol News and the Daily Times were similar in that they both included a quote from Ethiopia’s state minister saying “this year’s rains were especially poor” and both described the amount of food given to Ethiopia and the cost of it. The titles were also similar. Afrol news said “Ethiopis needs urgent food aid” and the Daily times wrote, “Ethiopia appeals for food aid for 6.2m.” And both informed us that Ethiopia has a population of 83 million and that a famine 25 years ago killed a million Ethiopians. __ Differences: __ Afrol News had a lot more information than the Daily News. It had more information about what Oxfam said about the food aid and the World Food Program’s warning of high levels of food insecurity in August while the Daily Times explained how free access to aid workers to the eastern Somali region has been a challenge for the non-food sector. The article from Afrol News was also written in many paragraphs and had no pictures, whereas the article from the Daily Times was written in one long paragraph and had contained one picture. __ Opinion __ : I think that rather than thinking about the best way to act for the long term, a lot of people lean towards reacting to the current emergencies, so they don’t plan for what will happen in the future. The food aid only saves lives for about one drought, but because there will be more droughts after this one, they should change the way the aid money is being spent. So I think Oxfam should be paid more attention and a famine prevention program should be used.
 * Ethiopia Asks for Food Aid **