This story appears in the July 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine ... of the regions hit hardest by the devastating 1984 famine in Ethiopia that killed hundreds of thousands.

In 2009, famine stalked millions in the Horn of Africa, as failed rains led to the worst food crisis in Ethiopia and Kenya in a quarter century. In November 2007, Georgia Governor Sonny Purdue ...

Throughout its history, Ethiopia has experienced famine — according to one historian, at least one every decade on average between the 15th and 19th centuries. The Great Ethiopian Famine alone ...

This past week, I returned from a remarkable trip along the Omo River in the remote southwestern region of Ethiopia ... launched in concert with National Geographic Online in 2003 and shown ...

They returned a year later as the famine and relief efforts continued. Famine refugees huddled at dawn in hope of food aid. Makelle, Ethiopia, 1984. (CBC Photo/Brian Stewart) ...