By TesfaNews, Among the numerous news reports that recently started to cover the story around the Obama administration’s latest move to build a constellation of secret drone bases in Ethiopia as part of his counterterrorism operations in the Horn of Africa, the Washington Post yesterday confirmed that the base which is located in Ethiopia’s Southern town […]
Continue ReadingAccording to the World Health Organization, 15 percent of Ethiopian adults (12 million people) suffer from mental illness. Yet there is only one psychiatric clinic in the whole country. By Jan Hoek, The first metally ill person I saw in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, was having an animated chat with the sky in the middle […]
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Mountain, Ethiopia is on another arms buying spree as millions of Ethiopians starve due to the worst drought in 60 years. According to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi Ethiopia is purchasing 200 battle tanks from Ukraine for over $100 million. Was it a coincidence that the day before Meles’ announcement, the British foreign aid office […]
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