BBC Bob, Band Aid and how the rebels bought their arms
By Andrew Whitehead
An edition of the BBC World Service programme Assignment, alleging that money intended for famine relief in Ethiopia in the mid-1980s was used to buy weapons, has prompted an angry response from aid campaigners.
Andrew Whitehead, Editor, News and Curre...
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SMNE Writes An Open Letter to Mr. Thomas
Department for International Development
1 Palace Street,
London,
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March 10, 2010
Dear Mr. Thomas,
Thank you and the Department of International Development for your December 15, 2009 response to my letter of November 6, 2009, on behalf of the Solidari...
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The U. S. State Dept Makes Key Change in Adoptions from Ethiopia under The Tigrai Tribal Bandits
Citing "concerns about recent media reports," the U.S. Department of State has made a key change to the process of adopting Ethiopian orphans to the U.S.
The Embassy in Addis Ababa now requires an I-604 or so-called "orphan investigation" into the background and status of e...
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The Great Land Grab: Rush for World’s Farmland Threatens Food Security for the Poor
By Shepard Daniel with Anuradha Mitta:
In the midst of a severe food and economic crisis, the “land grabbing” trend has grown as an international phenomenon.
The term land grab refers to the purchase or lease of vast tracts of land by wealthier, food-insecure nations a...
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Dead Aid Campaigner Bob Geldof Acts Like a Tyrant
Bob Geldof upped the ante in the row between Band Aid and the BBC yesterday by demanding the sacking of BBC World Service director Peter Horrocks. Many say his move appears more of a tyrant than a dead aid campaigner.
The former musician-who turned himself to become the...
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Joke of the Day: Seven Dictators on Tuesday Made an Act to Pressur Sudan to Ensure Free & Fair Elections. That Include Bandit Meles Zenawi
Seven Dictators on Tuesday made an act to pressur Sudan to ensure free and fair elections during its first democratic polls in 25 years, scheduled for next month.
Dictator Kibaki led his counterparts from the Inter-Governmental Dictatorial Authority in pretending t...
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Ethiopian Most Evil Tyrant Attempts to Deny that Aid was Diverted
The most evil bloody tyrant of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi, continues to attempt to fool the Westerners once again. The tyrant Meles Zenawi tells Paul Vallely that the report the Live Aid money was spent on weapons was based on lies. However, Meles Zenawi did not say any thin...
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Why You Need To Get Rid Off Ethiopia’s Meles Zenawi & Weyane: Ethnic Violence in Nigeria Has Killed ~ 500
By ADAM NOSSITER
DAKAR, Senegal — Officials and human rights groups in Nigeria said Monday that about 500 people had died in weekend ethnic violence near the central city of Jos, considerably more than what had initially been reported.
A government spokesman said Sunday ...
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Even Band Aid is not above criticism
Bob Geldof is furious at the BBC story about NGO funds buying rebels' arms, but the politics of delivering aid are always complex
Bob Geldof with Ethiopian children in 1985. Geldof galvanised international aid to fight the famine. Photograph: Rex Features
There are some ...
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Ethiopia’s Silly Court Orders Publishing Houses to Pay Country’s Highest Ever Fine
‘They Want to Drive Us Out, but They Will not Succeed’
The Ethiopian Tyrants Supreme Court today ruled against four independent media houses, forcing them to pay fines that were originally rendered void under a 2007 pardon. The four publishing companies, Serkalem, Sisay...
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Geldof Never Helped the Starving , He Helped Himself and The Gangsters Ruling Ethiopia
Geldof, awarded an honorary knighthood for his fundraising efforts to help the gangster-rebels who are now ruling Ethiopia . The reason for his temper tantrum about the money which was spent to buy weapons and run gang related activities by TPLF (Meles Zenawi) is j...
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Bob Geldof Admits The Funds may Have Been Misused By Meles Zenawi and His Cronies
The allegations stem from an investigation by BBC Radio 4's Martin Plaut, who interviewed former rebels and NGO employees involved in aid work during the 1984-1985 famine. According to Aregawi Berhe, at one time a commander of the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF), o...
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US urges free and fair Ethiopian polls
The United States on Friday urged Ethiopia to ensure the claimed parliamentary elections set for May are free and fair.
Opposition groups have accused Meles Zenawi's ruling party of repeated harassment in the run-up to the May 23 polls.
"The US representatives urged that ...
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VOA Amharic Broadcasts Jammed in Ethiopia
International shortwave radio monitors have confirmed that VOA broadcasts in the Amharic language are being jammed. Amharic is the main official language and the language of commerce in Ethiopia.
VOA representatives in Ethiopia have been received complaints from listeners...
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Canadians and Ethiopians Cannot Be Duped To Serve the Cause of A Repressive Regime In Ethiopia
Solidarity Committee for Ethiopian Political PrisonersCanada (SOCEPP Canada)
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(ኢፖእአኮ ካናዳ)
March 04, 2010
CANADIANS AND ETHIOPIANS CANNOT BE DUPED TO SERVE THE CAUSE OF ...
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