1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia

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disaster in Ethiopia famine humanitarian crisis

The 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia was a catastrophic humanitarian crisis marked by widespread starvation and hundreds of thousands of deaths, drawing global attention and prompting major international relief efforts.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia	2
1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia canonical	1
Ethiopian famine of the mid-1980s	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	disaster in Ethiopia ⓘ famine ⓘ humanitarian crisis ⓘ
cause	civil war in Ethiopia ⓘ counter-insurgency policies of the Derg government ⓘ disruption of agricultural production ⓘ drought ⓘ forced resettlement policies ⓘ inadequate early warning response ⓘ market disruption ⓘ villagization program ⓘ
country	Ethiopia ⓘ
endTime	1985 ⓘ
estimatedDeaths	approximately 400000 to 1000000 ⓘ hundreds of thousands ⓘ
governmentInPower	Derg ⓘ
hasLanguageOfPrimarySources	Amharic ⓘ English ⓘ Tigrinya ⓘ
headOfState	Mengistu Haile Mariam ⓘ
impact	changes in international famine early warning systems ⓘ debate over role of conflict in famine ⓘ increased global awareness of African famines ⓘ long-term food insecurity in Ethiopia ⓘ
inspired	Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? ⓘ surface form: Band Aid charity single "Do They Know It’s Christmas?" Live Aid concert ⓘ surface form: Live Aid benefit concerts We Are the World ⓘ surface form: USA for Africa single "We Are the World"
internationalResponse	NGO emergency food aid ⓘ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ⓘ surface form: United Nations relief operations bilateral government aid programs ⓘ
location	Eritrea ⓘ Tigray region ⓘ surface form: Tigray Region Wollo ⓘ Northern Ethiopia ⓘ surface form: northern Ethiopia
mediaCoverage	BBC News bulletins ⓘ surface form: BBC television reports Michael Buerk’s 1984 BBC report ⓘ photographs by Mohamed Amin ⓘ
notableFor	global humanitarian response ⓘ international media coverage ⓘ mass displacement ⓘ severe malnutrition ⓘ widespread starvation ⓘ
partOf	history of famine in Ethiopia ⓘ
peakTime	1984 ⓘ
reliefEffort	Band Aid ⓘ Live Aid concert ⓘ surface form: Live Aid Red Cross food distribution ⓘ USA for Africa ⓘ World Food Programme operations ⓘ
startTime	1983 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ethiopian Civil War → significantEvent → 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia ⓘ

Derg → significantFamine → 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia

Mivtza Moshe → context → 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ethiopian famine of the mid-1980s

USA for Africa → associatedWithEvent → 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia