News & Comment

19 October 1985

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A calamity contained but not resolved

Michael Holman has just returned from a 3000-mile journey in Ethiopia. He examines the problems of the drought-stricken country

Michael Holman has just returned from a 3000-mile journey in Ethiopia. He examines the problems of the drought-stricken country

Bob Geldof, the Irish pop singer, who has come to personify a fresh approach to aid – a generous man-in-the-street response to disaster couppled with an impatience over red tape – arrives in Ethiopia today.

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