The World : Ethiopian Aide Missing

Ethiopia’s top famine relief official, Dawit Wolde Giorgis, has vanished, sources in Addis Ababa said. The Sunday Times of London said that Dawit, who was on a trip to the West, may be seeking asylum in the United States. The sources--including officials of the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission Dawit heads, Western diplomats and acquaintances of Dawit--privately acknowledged that his return from a trip to Europe and the United States is about three weeks overdue. At that time, they added, he “stopped sending back reports to his government.” In Washington, the State Department refused to discuss the case.