The UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Drought in the Greater Horn of Africa, Catherine Bertini, began a four-day visit to Ethiopia on 29 March to review the humanitarian situation. Bertini - also the Executive Director of the WFP - met government officials, relief agencies and international donors to examine the recovery process, after a widespread regional drought last year hit hard in Ethiopia. In a visit to Ethiopia in September last year, Bertini emphasised that a famine had been averted, but that the situation was still “critical” in several areas of the country, a WFP press release on 30 March said. “The condition of people living in conflict- and drought-affected regions currently shows some improvement, but the recovery process is far from over, and many areas of serious need continue to exist.”
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