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WORLD BANK DENIES BLAME FOR VIOLENT ETHIOPIAN EVICTIONS [ICIJ]
By Sasha Chavkin
The World Bank has denied responsibility for the violent evictions of an indigenous group by a major client, the Ethiopian government, and declined to press for compensation for families that have been forced from...
Tedros Adhanom caught in $20 million teen prize scandal[By Abebe Gellaw]
– Government of Australia and Rotary Foundation deny funding teenager
ADDIS VOICE – The Foreign Minister of Ethiopia has been caught in an explosive web of lies with a schoolgirl as the Government of Australia and the Rotary Foundation...
PRESS RELEASE: WORLD BANK WHITEWASHES ETHIOPIA HUMAN RIGHTS SCANDAL
BANK ABSOLVES ITSELF OF RESPONSIBILITY AND DENIES REDRESS TO VICTIMS
by Inclusive Development International
(March 2, 2015) – The World Bank has whitewashed damning evidence of widespread human rights abuses in connection with its flagship...
British support for Ethiopia scheme withdrawn amid abuse allegations [theguardian ]
Department for International Development will no longer back $4.9bn project that critics claim has funded a brutal resettlement programme
An Anuak woman at work in Abobo, a village in Ethiopia’s Gambella region. It has been...
Language hitch delays case against 101 illegal migrants [Daily Nation]
By STELLA CHERONO
A case against 101 Ethiopians accused of being in Kenya illegally has delayed due to lack of an Amharic interpreter.
The foreigners, who are said to have been on their way to South Africa, did not have travel documents, police...
Kenya Police Arrest 101 Ethiopian Men
NAIROBI, Kenya
By TOM ODULA Associated Press
Kenyan police said Tuesday they arrested 101 Ethiopian nationals suspected of traveling illegally through Kenya on their way to South Africa.
The suspects appeared before Magistrate Victor...
World Bank: Address Ethiopia Findings [HRW]
Response to Inquiry Dismissive of Abuses
(Washington, DC) – The World Bank should fully address serious human rights issues raised by the bank’s internal investigation into a project in Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch said in a letter...
The Zone 9 Bloggers have not been forgotten [BBC]
BBC Trending
What’s popular and why
In April 2014 BBC Trending covered the arrest of six bloggers and three journalists in Ethiopia. The bloggers are part of a group known as Zone 9, and are well known for campaigning around censorship...