Editing 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia (section)

===International view===
Close to 8&nbsp;million people became famine victims during the drought of 1984, and over 1&nbsp;million died. In the same year (23 October),<ref name="BBC video">{{cite news|title=1984: Extent of Ethiopia famine revealed (Video)|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/8315248.stm|access-date=18 June 2010|newspaper=BBC News|date=22 October 2009}}</ref> a [[BBC]] news crew was the first to document the famine, with [[Michael Buerk]] describing "a biblical famine in the 20th century" and "the closest thing to hell on Earth".<ref>{{cite news|title=Higgins marvels at change in Ethiopia's Tigray province|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/higgins-marvels-at-change-in-ethiopia-s-tigray-province-1.1992467|agency=The Irish Times|date=7 January 2018}}</ref> The report shocked Britain, motivating its citizens to inundate relief agencies, such as  [[Save the Children]], with donations, and also to bring the world's attention to the crisis in Ethiopia.<ref>{{cite news|title=Live Aid: Against All Odds: Episode 1|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0078x3n|agency=BBC|date=7 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Live Aid">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/702700.stm "Live Aid: The show that rocked the world"]. BBC. Retrieved 25 September 2019</ref>
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In November 1984, the British [[Royal Air Force]] carried out the first airdrops from [[Hercules C-130]]s delivering food to the starving people.<ref>{{cite news |title=RAF carried out vital food drops to tackle famine in Ethiopia |url=https://www.rafbf.org/news-and-blogs/raf-carried-out-vital-food-drops-tackle-famine-ethiopia |access-date=25 September 2019 |agency=Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund}}</ref> Other countries including Sweden,<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Horisont (yearbook)|Horisont 1984]]|publisher=[[Bertmarks förlag|Bertmarks]]|year=1984|language=sv}}</ref> [[East Germany|East]] and [[West Germany]], [[Polish People's Republic|Poland]], [[Canada]], [[United States]], the [[Soviet Union]] and [[SFR Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] were also involved in the international response.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}