Floods cause deaths and block food aid in drought-hit Ethiopia

25 April 2016 - 16:38
By REUTERS

Flash floods in drought-stricken parts of Ethiopia have killed people and livestock and are blocking food aid deliveries to hungry communities, a charity said.Ethiopians have been waiting for the spring rains to replenish water sources and to plant crops after the most severe drought in decades pushed more than 10 million people into hunger.

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