Though he avoids mentioning famine because the spectre of it may be looming again, he uses the memory of past debacles to prick Western consciences.

• 饥荒的幽灵又飘荡在埃塞境内，虽然他闭口不谈，但却翻开饥荒灾难的回忆，来刺痛西方世界的良知。