Ethiopia News

In two earlier articles we denounced the illegal extradition deals between the Neo-Nazi Abyssinian tyranny and the illegal administration of breakaway Puntland that rules tyrannically and illegally part of ... via American Chronicle

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“The government is pursing a free-market approach while on the other hand making selective interventions to solve some problems”

Farmers in Ethiopia are better off now than they were four years ago, in part due to better-than-average rains and rising grain prices globally. But there's another reason: Africa's largest beneficiary of foreign aid has shifted from food aid to cash assistance.

Ethiopia is seen by aid organizations as a model of how to best help hungry nations. But in an effort to prevent food riots in cities, the government here is again relying on foreign food aid and now prohibits foreign aid groups from buying grains from local farmers. In effect, it may be undermining its own success story. Read more

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“This is an outright and deliberate lie, fed to Amnesty by groups affiliated to al Shabaab, groups that use the cover of human rights to promote their terrorist agenda”

ADDIS ABABA * Ethiopia accused Amnesty International of a smear campaign against it yesterday after the rights group said Ethiopian troops in Somalia had killed civilians by slitting their throats. via The Peninsula

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“An applicant who participates in a traditional marriage ceremony, but is not legally married, is not automatically deemed eligible for asylum if his partner is forced to undergo an abortion”

Partners of Chinese women who were forced to have abortions are pressing the Supreme Court to make it easier to get asylum in the United States. via ABC News

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“Down with those printing the fake money!”

Hundreds of youths hurled stones and blocked roads with blazing tires Tuesday in a second day of protests over soaring food prices that has frustrated residents already living in one of the world's most ... via Oakland Press

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“Normally when they report they do not balance it out. They have to go and see the reality for themselves. They shouldn't report from abroad saying this is happening”

A leading human rights group on Tuesday accused Ethiopian troops in Somalia of killing civilians and committing atrocities, including slitting people's throats, gouging out eyes and gang-raping women. via Las Vegs Sun

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In many previous articles we explained how deeply loathed by local Somalis the collapsing tyrannical pseudo-state of Somaliland is; we published articles written by patriotic Somalis , who live under terrible ... via Buzzle.com

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Kenyan men swept the steeplechase today at the African Athletics Championships. via GreenvilleOnline.com

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“I'm happy to be the African champion. The Olympics is next of course but that depends on preparations and training. I feel I'm in good shape but what's hard is maintaining that for the next four months.”

There were fewer long faces in the Kenya camp on Friday after a five-medal haul in the 3,000m steeplechase and 800m men races on the third day of competition here. via AllAfrica.com

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“It shows the extent of torture and atrocities in these jails”

Eleven Muslims deported to Somalia from Kenya after the collapse of Somalia's Islamic Courts Union have been released from Ethiopian jails and taken to Somalia. via AllAfrica.com

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