Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Tuesday, May 28, 1991


Title: Nightline

Abstract:

  • Live discussion re: end of civil war in Ethiopia and its impact on famine in the region with Ted Koppel (ABC), Ethiopian rebel leader Seyoum Mesfin, and Oxfam America President John Hammock.
  • Taped telephone conversation between Koppel and "Los Angeles Times" correspondent Michael Hiltzik in Addis Ababa.
  • Taped segment with James Walker (ABC), Paul Henze of the Rand Corporation, Herman Cohen of the Bureau of African Affairs, and EPRDF Chairman Meles Zenawi.
  • Taped segment with John Laurence (ABC), Michael Ellis of the UN World Food Program, Yilma Kassaye of the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, US Charge D'affaires in Ethiopia Robert Houder, Mike Rewald of CARE, Fazlul Haq Fazli of the UN Refugee Commission, and refugee camp administrator Ahmed Yusuf Farah.

  • Begin Time:11:30:00 pm
    End Time:12:00:00 am
    TVN Record Number:647008
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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