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30 years ago the BBC broadcast the first TV reports of a famine in Ethiopia that killed up to a million people. The report prompted a huge international response and sparked the Live Aid concert to help survivors. Today, Ethiopia remains one of the world’s poorest countries, with one in three people lacking sufficient food.
Here are 5 facts you need to know about Ethiopia:
