Seventeen Year Old Eritrean Girl
Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians are hunger-stricken due to the famine in Ethiopia. The picture shows the tragic condition of a 17-year-old girl.
Debilitating malnutrition is more common among women and girls, who are considered less important...
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Children of Yemen
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen: Children well cared for
Happy children can be met everywhere in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen today. Some of these girls from Aden shown here festively dressed take part in a cultural pupils' pro...
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Sir Ahmadu Bello Visits Surviving Siamese Twin
Premier Visits Surviving Siamese Twin
Photo shows: Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello, Premier of Northern Nigeria, holds the surviving Nigerian siamese twin 8-months-old baby Joan-Adamu at Hammersmith Hospital today, when he visited the Hospital to thank t...
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Ethiopia Defeats Ignorance — Geography Lesson
In 1974, the number of Ethiopian students who could not read or write was 93 per cent. But the government's program to educate them using television and radio has been successful. The number of currently studying young and adult students are incre...
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"Desertification Means Famine"
Desertification Means Famine. Food aid came too late for two of the three children of this Ethiopian mother; days after this photo was taken they died. According to UNEP each year 21 million hectares of once productive land is rendered useless for...
United Nations Environment Programme
Drinking Water
(Left): Even the single drop from the tap is nectar to him.
(Right): Two emaciated girls who have nothing but skin and bones for bodies.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Ethiopia: Struggle Against Illiteracy
These children from the Kebele 23/10, one of the almost 300 residential districts in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, wait for the beginning of the lesson. About 1,500 girls and boys attend this school which is a tin hut for the time being. Less...
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