The Ethiopian Famine from 1984 through 1986 was described as “the closest thing to hell on earth” by a reporter on-site. It is “the story of how hundreds of thousands died of starvation on a planet choked with food” (“This World: Ethiopia”). The country of Ethiopia had been in distress years prior to 1980s, leaving the country vulnerable to a famine. A Marxist group, named the Derg, over threw the government causing the up bringing of many rebel forces leading to a civil war, draining the countries resources. Also, the country had past struggles of food insecurity, though it was never a dire problem. In 1984 crisis struck when period of low rainfall lead to an extreme food crisis, later classified as a famine. The famine in Ethiopia in 1984
