Editing Aid effectiveness (section)

=== Humanitarian aid effectiveness (historical perspective) ===
Widespread famine in [[Biafra]] during the [[Nigerian Civil War]] (1967–1970) led to greater [[Non-government organisation|NGO]] involvement in events like the [[Biafran airlift]] being attempted for the first time.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Omaka|first1=Arua Oko|date=1 June 2016|title=Humanitarian Action: The Joint Church Aid and Health Care Intervention in the Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967–1970|journal=Canadian Journal of History|volume=49|issue=3|pages=423–227|doi=10.3138/cjh.49.3.423}}</ref> The way in which aid was allocated during the [[1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia]] forever changed the way in which governments and NGOs respond to international emergencies taking place within conflict situations and raised disturbing questions about the relationship between humanitarian agencies and host governments.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Waal|first1=Alexander De|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RcVFXUwraxsC|title=Evil Days: Thirty Years of War and Famine in Ethiopia|date=1991|publisher=Human Rights Watch|isbn=9781564320384|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RcVFXUwraxsC/page/n268 2]}}</ref>