Population - Ethiopian Refugees

Question 1

Facts about Ethiopia

Answer 1

Population of 70.6 million
GDP per capita is $700
80% work in agriculture
70% live in rural areas

Question 2

Push Factors

Answer 2

FAMINE
-crop failures
-losses of livestock
-heavy storms cause widespread flooding
-food supply diminishes
-hunger and starvation
 1984-85 famine resulted in death of hundreds of      thousands of people
WAR
-1998-2000 war with Eritrea
- poor country but spent millions on war
-tens of thousands of casualties
-only resulted in minor border changes
-95,000 Eritreans sought refugees in Sudan