ETHNIC CONFLICT OVER GRAZING AND WATER FOR THEIR LIVESTOCK AND OTHER ANIMALS DURING DROUGHT. HE WAS TOLD THAT, "ALTHOUGH NOT ADEQUATE," THE GOVERNMENT WAS PROVIDING THEM WITH MOBILE SCHOOLS AND HEALTH STATION. THEY WERE NOT BEING PRESSURED TO CHANGE THEIR WAY OF LIFE AS SETTLER-FARMERS, "AND THIS IS VERY ENCOURAGING," HE SAID. ETHIOPIA APPEALED FOR 166 MILLION DOLLARS IN INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AID IN JANUARY TO HELP IT FIGHT THE DROUGHT CRISIS. SEVERE DROUGHT IN THE HORN OF AFRICA IS THREATENING THE LIVELIHOODS OF MORE THAN 15 MILLION PEOPLE, OF WHOM 8 MILLION NEED EMERGENCY FOOD AID AND SUPPLIES, THE UNITED NATIONS SAID THIS WEEK. THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION APPEALED FOR NEARLY 23 MILLION DOLLARS IN EMERGENCY AID TO SUPPORT FARMING IN ERITREA, DJIBOUTI, KENYA AND SOMALIA. BONDEVIK, THE UN HUMANITARIAN ENVOY FOR THE HORN OF AFRICA, BEGAN HIS TOUR IN WORST-HIT ERITREA ON TUESDAY AND CAME TO ETHIOPIA FROM DJIBOUTI. HE PLANNED TO TRAVEL TO KENYA ON SUNDAY AND THEN TO SOMALIA.
