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![[Ethiopia] Birhan's face from the first broadcasts of the 1984 famine and used on the Band Aid concerts to galvanise world opinion 20 years ago.](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/responsive_large_2x/public/images/200410271.jpg.webp?itok=QkKw-a76)
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