新奇事件簿 干旱侵襲埃塞俄比亞

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International charities have issued a stark warning about a looming humanitarian catastrophe in Ethiopia. The North African country has been hit by its worst drought for 50 years. It is widely expected that emergency food aid for 10 million Ethiopians will run out unless more funds can be found. John Graham, the head of the charity Save the Children in Ethiopia, said: "The international community has just three weeks to provide $245 million in emergency food aid to help prevent a potentially catastrophic escalation in severe malnutrition cases." He added that: "If these emergency funds do not arrive in time, there is no question that there will be a critical fracture in the food aid supply pipeline."

埃塞俄比亞“人道主義危機(jī)”日益嚴(yán)重，國際各慈善組織發(fā)出強(qiáng)烈警告。非洲北部地區(qū)遭受50年來最嚴(yán)重干旱。人們普遍認(rèn)為若無資金援助，一千萬埃民的緊急食物資助恐將耗盡。救助兒童組織主任約翰·格雷厄姆認(rèn)為：“為了防止?fàn)I養(yǎng)不良事件一發(fā)不可收拾，價(jià)值2.45億美元的食物援助時(shí)間還有三周。”他還表示：“若救援資金不能及時(shí)到位，食物援助鏈就將斷裂，這毫無疑問。”

Ethiopia is Africa’s second most populous country. It is no stranger to natural disasters of this kind. Famine killed over one million Ethiopians in 1984. The latest drought was brought on by the El Nino weather phenomenon, which has caused drought and flooding across much of Africa. Ethiopia is one of the countries hardest hit. Charities say that over 400,000 Ethiopian children under the age of five will suffer from severe malnutrition this year. In addition, 1.7 million under-fives, pregnant women and breast-feeding mothers will need treatment for malnutrition. Mr Graham warned that, "the window for action is rapidly closing" as it can take four months to buy food aid and transport it into the landlocked country.

埃塞俄比亞是非洲第二大人口大國。像干旱等自然災(zāi)害屢見不鮮。1984年，饑荒致一百多萬人死亡。近期發(fā)生的干旱災(zāi)害因厄爾尼諾現(xiàn)象發(fā)起，非洲大部分地區(qū)遭干旱洪水肆虐。埃塞俄比亞災(zāi)情最為嚴(yán)重。據(jù)慈善組織表示，因嚴(yán)重營養(yǎng)不良，5歲以下受影響兒童人數(shù)今年將達(dá)40萬人。此外，1700萬5歲以下兒童，懷孕婦女以及哺乳期婦女因營養(yǎng)不良需要救治。格雷厄姆警告稱，就采購食品物資，向內(nèi)陸國家轉(zhuǎn)移災(zāi)民的時(shí)間為4個(gè)月，我們的時(shí)間不多了。