Fever, heat exposure, and too much exercise. Vomiting, diarrhea, and increased urination due to infection. Diseases such as diabetes. The inability to seek appropriate water and food (as in the case of a disabled person) An impaired ability to drink (for instance, someone in a coma or on a respirator)
Ethiopiaâs public external debt of about 5.6 Billion USD is owed by public enterprises such as Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCO) that embarked on a dam revolution and Sugar Corporation which is building ten sugar manufacturing & refining factories in a bid to make Ethiopia among the top sugar exporters.
Ethiopia is one of the world's poorest and most indebted countries, which makes it particularly vulnerable to natural disasters such as drought. This raises the question of how far Ethiopia's debt burden has contributed to the current famine. In a report released on Friday, Oxfam said that poverty was the underlying cause of Ethiopia's famine, and that famines would continue to recur there until the country's poverty was addressed.