Ethiopian famine in the 1980s - in pictures

  • Children at a feeding centre in Korem, in Tigray region, northern Ethiopia, in 1984. All photos: Getty Images
    Children at a feeding centre in Korem, in Tigray region, northern Ethiopia, in 1984. All photos: Getty Images
  • A child suffering from severe malnutrition as a result of food shortages caused by civil war in Ethiopia, in 1984
    A child suffering from severe malnutrition as a result of food shortages caused by civil war in Ethiopia, in 1984
  • Ethiopians walk away from a relief centre, after receiving food aid, in 1988
    Ethiopians walk away from a relief centre, after receiving food aid, in 1988
  • Journalists at Korem refugee relief camp in 1984
    Journalists at Korem refugee relief camp in 1984
  • A nurse hands out supplies at a camp in Bati, northern Ethopia
    A nurse hands out supplies at a camp in Bati, northern Ethopia
  • Food and medicine donated by UK newspaper The Mirror, at Korem
    Food and medicine donated by UK newspaper The Mirror, at Korem
  • A man suffering from the famine in Korem, in 1984
    A man suffering from the famine in Korem, in 1984