The World - News from June 6, 1985
An Ethiopian official appealed for international aid to solve a transportation problem preventing food from reaching the country’s starving millions. Berhane Deressa, deputy commissioner of the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, said that a truck shortage has delayed aid from abroad and that new vehicles could greatly alleviate the problem. Deressa denied reports that Ethiopia has slowed rail shipments from neighboring Djibouti by using railroad cars for food storage rather than shipment.
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