Africa: We don’t Want Aid. Thanks. Europe: No, No you don’t understand you need Aid. By Mawuna Remarque KOUTONIN, THE most fierce defendants of Aid to Africa are now mostly non-Africans, while most Africans are asking to stop it. Take the example of one small East African nation Eritrea. They declared self-reliance and shut all NGOs and relief […]
Continue ReadingIs United States policy towards Ethiopia shifting? By Obang Metho, For years Ethiopians, social justice groups, human rights organizations and civic groups have been calling on donor countries to demand greater accountability from the Government of Ethiopia for funds received, citing the lack of political space, endemic injustice, the repression of basic freedoms and widespread […]
Continue ReadingDfID and USAid accused of overlooking complaints of human rights abuses by Ethiopians caught up in ‘villagisation’ scheme By The Guardian, The UK Department for International Development (DfID) and USAid, the American aid agency, have been accused of ignoring evidence of human rights abuses allegedly linked to their support for a multibillion-dollar social services programme in Ethiopia. A report published […]
Continue ReadingMadote.com According to the U.S. Department of State, Office of Foreign Assistance, Eritrea is the only African nation that has not requested US aid for the fiscal year of 2011. In keeping with its self-relaince policy, the government of Eritrea stopped requesting any financial assistance from the United States since 2005, and fully cut-off all […]
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