1958 Tigray famine

1958 Tigray famine
CountryEthiopia
LocationTigray and Wollo provinces
Period1957–1958
Total deaths100,000
Succeeded by1972–1975 Wollo famine

The 1958 Tigray famine was a provincial famine in the Ethiopian Empire during the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie.

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