Homepage About Ghana African News Climate Contact About Ghana Threat to 15 million as new famine hits Ethiopia Ethiopia is facing a famine three times as severe as the one which killed a million people in the mid-1980s and prompted the Live Aid and Band Aid charity campaigns. Aid agencies and the Ethiopian government warned yesterday that, unless food aid arrives in the country soon, the lives of millions of people will be at risk. (AFP file photo)... 15 million Ethiopians face famine disaster Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi called on Monday for urgent international action to avoid a major catastrophe in the east African country where 15 million people face a famine disaster