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Rebels with a grudge and the anatomy of a damning smearBand aid

The BBC's claim this week that $95m of aid to Ethiopia had in fact been spent on weapons was incendiary, threatening to undermine future aid efforts. But, says Paul Vallely, it does not stand up to scrutiny. It was, on the face of it, a highly damaging story which could undermine the extraordinary generosity of the public to give to the appeals launched whenever a major disaster strikes, as it has in Chile and Haiti in recent weeks. But examine the BBC report and it slips like sand through the fingers. What follows is the anatomy of a slur. Read more

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March 11 2010

East Africa is emerging as the next oil boom
East Africa is emerging as the next oil boom following a big strike in Uganda's Lake Albert Basin. Other oil and natural gas reserves have been found in Tanzania and Mozambique and exploration is under way in Ethiopia and even war-torn Somalia.

Poll: 46% of high-schoolers don't want equality for Arabs
One out of every six students would not want to study in the same class with an Ethiopian or an immigrant from the former Soviet Union,

Somali government delegation, moderates in Ethiopia for fresh round of talks
Delegations representing the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia [TFG], which only controls a two kilometre area in Mogadishu, and Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama'a which is in control of Galguduud Region [central Somalia] have once again gathered in Addis Ababa for talks.

March 10 2010

Heads must roll at the BBC, says Geldof after Ethiopia aid report
Senior White House advisers, high-level United Nations delegates, senior British diplomats, many aid agencies, and the Prime Minister of Ethiopia who led the Tigray rebels at the time, had all refuted the BBC story, Geldof insisted, "and yet the World Service is so far off the rails it cannot recognise or acknowledge the truth".

UNHCR: Eritreans by far largest refugee group in Israel
Sharon Harel, assistant protection officer for the UNHCR in Tel Aviv, said Monday there were around 8,500 Eritrean refugees in the country, as opposed to some 5,000 to 6,000 from Sudan.

March 09 2010

PM Meles says aid money spent on weapon is based on lies
African man accused of helping Somali terror group
Africa presidents call for free Sudan polls
Ethiopia, Sudan signed development agreement
Time is up

March 08 2010

Ethiopia honour victims of Mengistu purge
Ethiopia to send team to Qatar despite diplomatic strain
Ethiopia allocates over USD 2 Billion for food security program
'I fear every knock on my door'

March 06 2010

Geldof hits out at claim Live Aid millions diverted to Ethiopian rebels
Rains Bring 'Drastic' Change in Ethiopia Food Outlook
Somalia government readies troops for al Shabaab assault
Ethiopia adoption ban lifted
U.S. State Department issues new Travel Warning for Eritrea

March 05 2010

Indian firm in race for $80 mn cement factory in Ethiopia
Gemechu first Ethiopian runner to test positive for EPO
US urges free and fair Ethiopian polls

March 04 2010

What is behind the BBC East African analyst Martin Plaut?
UNICEF wants $24.8 million for Eritrean fund
BBC's Ethiopia weapons report denied
VOA Amharic Broadcasts Jammed in Ethiopia

March 02 2010

EU implements international restrictive measures against Eritrea
The Lebanese tampered Cockpit Voice Recorder of ET 409
Ethiopian Opposition Parliamentary Candidate Killed
Red Cross says keen to assist Ethiopia, Eritrea repatriation operation
UN slams Egypt for abusing African migrants
Inching to Finish Line

March 01 2010

EDUM and SDFC Withdraw From Forum As Members
Canada and Ethiopia Reach First-Ever Air Transport Agreement
Ethiopia to Import 80,000 Tons of Sugar This Year, Fortune Says

Feb. 28 2010

Gov’t, donors sign USD 30bln MoU on food security program
Tension high at Kenya,Ethiopia border
Sir-Lanka and Eritrea ties break-down

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