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Revealed: Aid to Ethiopia increases despite serious human rights abuses

International community turns blind eye to manipulation of aid for political ends.

Ethiopia: Government crackdown intensifies following investigation

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Evidence of a renewed government crackdown against opposition members.

Analysis: Europe’s taxpayers fund abuses in Ethiopia

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EU election observer speaks out about the West's attitude to repressive regime.

Ethiopian media gagged by anti-terror laws

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Local and foreign journalists have been arrested in Ethiopia.


Analysis: Europe’s taxpayers fund abuses in Ethiopia

August 4th, 2011 by | 34 Comments
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EU election observer speaks out about the West’s attitude to repressive regime.


Aid as a weapon of political oppression in the Southern Regions

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In Ethiopia’s Southern Region political opponents are being denied Aid assistance.


Get the data: UK Aid to Ethiopia

August 4th, 2011 by | 2 Comments
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UK aid to Ethiopia has increased by 20 times in the past decade.


In Pictures: Ogaden villages burned

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Photographs purporting to show Ogaden villages burned to the ground.


Leaked reports expose abuses

August 4th, 2011 by | 8 Comments
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Emails show EU officials told of abuses by government.


Abuse and terror in the Ogaden

August 4th, 2011 by | 14 Comments
Published in All Stories, Ethiopia Aid Exposed

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In the drought stricken south-east, Ethiopian government forces are terrorising the people.


In Pictures: Civilian victims of violence

August 4th, 2011 by
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Images purporting to show violence inflicted on civilians in the Ogaden region by Ethiopian forces.


Voices of the oppressed

August 4th, 2011 by | 1 Comment
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Parts of Ethiopia are suffering drought and famine, which is often exacerbated by government policy.


In Pictures: Forced displacement in the Ogaden

August 4th, 2011 by | 3 Comments
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Images of civilians displaced in eastern Ethiopia.


Ethiopia: the definitive guide

August 3rd, 2011 by | 1 Comment
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The history and politics of Ethiopia explained.


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