The World - News from Feb. 11, 1985
Complaining of inadequate security, the International Committee of the Red Cross suspended food distribution at an Ethiopian emergency center in Makale, in Tigre province. It said that “armed elements” abducted about 250 famine victims from the center. The Ethiopian government denied its troops were involved, the Red Cross said. Secessionist rebels have long been active in the province.
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