Drought (lack of rain) is a natural disaster; however, starvation, hunger or famine (whichever phrase the Ethiopian government plays with, instead of responding to the emergency) is a man-made disaster – it’s a human rights crime that comes from lack of freedom and democracy. This was a Nobel-Prize winning postulate put forward by Amartya Sen (for more, please read the recent article by Ob. Jawar Mohammed here)
