Famine Averted, U.N. Envoy Says

The U.N.’s special envoy to the Horn of Africa visited drought-stricken areas of Ethiopia and said a famine had been averted by a huge international relief operation. Catherine Bertini, who is also executive director of the U.N.’s World Food Program, toured Gode, where last spring images of starving children drew the world’s attention. “When we came in April, this place was so much different,” she said. “The therapeutic feeding centers were overloaded with children, and now we see a very different situation.”