 Now, that's bad, but we're worried deeply about what 2024 will bring. The analyst quoted in the BBC says half a million could die this year from famine if the situation doesn't improve. That's from Ethiopia alone. It is, of course, hard to see how the situation would improve. From the World Peace Foundation, reports are coming in of hundreds of people dying in the remote regions. This is in January, which for Ethiopia is supposed to be the harvest time with plenty of food.