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Ethiopia: TPLF Use of “Anti-Terrorism Law” to Terrorize Citizens

May 9, 2016TesfaNews17 Comments

By Prof. Al Mariam, This is exactly what apartheid white minority use of “anti-terrorism law” to terrorize black South Africans. The first indisputable fact is the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) is itself a certified terrorist organization officially listed in the Global Terrorism Database. So there is no question whatsoever that the TPLF is a […]

Ethiopia: British Aid in the Wrong Hands

April 1, 2016April 7, 2016TesfaNews93 Comments

By The Telegraph, Is Ethiopia’s government, whose security forces are guilty of rape and torture, a worthy recipient of £329 million of British taxpayers’ money? Almost 30 years ago, Band Aid mobilised a generation of British teenagers behind the campaign to help Ethiopia recover from famine. Today, Ethiopia is the second-biggest beneficiary of British aid, […]