Thousands Dying In Ethiopia

Sixteen years ago, scenes of devastating famine in East Africa spurred the world to action to help save the starving people of Ethiopia.

While the global effort, which included the now famous "Live Aid" concert, eased the suffering, it couldn't address the cycle of drought and war that once again threatens millions more in the Horn of Africa.

CBS News Correspondent Tom Fenton reports millions are facing famine in the Horn of Africa.

For thousands of children, it is already too late.

In the village of Danan, Ethiopia, all that's being planted in the rock hard earth are babies.

An average of seven each day die from this village alone. Some children are being placed two to a grave.

The children are dying of malnutrition and disease.

Three years of drought have left the land too dry to support the cattle on which these nomadic people depend for survival.

Western governments have been promising aid, but, so far, little has arrived.

Dee O'Connell of Save the Children says just promising food is not good enough.

She says, "They've got to get it onto the boats, they've got to get it into Ethiopia, and into the mouths of children."

Aid from the United States and Europe is trickling in, but getting it to the people who need it the most is yet another problem. Ethiopia's own resources are tied up fighting a pointless war with Eritrea.

Neighboring Kenya is facing the same drought, with the same tragic results.

Starving Africans are parading their misery before visiting Western photographers, hoping that one picture will be stronger that a thousand pleas.