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Britain Withdrawn $4.5bn Devlopment Aid to Ethiopia

March 1, 2015TesfaNews40 Comments

By The Guardian, THE UK has ended its financial support for a controversial development project alleged to have helped the Ethiopian government fund a brutal resettlement programme. Hundreds of people have been forced from their land as a result of the scheme, while there have also been reports of torture, rape and beatings. Until last […]

Ethiopia’s Human Rights Crisis Worsened: HRW

March 15, 2013December 9, 2014TesfaNews6 Comments

By Betre Yacob, The human rights situation in Ethiopia has worsened drastically, according to the 2013 Human Rights Watch’s World Report, which summarizes the human rights situation of more than 90 countries worldwide—drawing on events from the end of 2011 through November 2012. The 665 page report says that Ethiopia’s dictatorial regime has deliberately continued […]