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Farmer claims UK aid is used to prop up repressive Ethiopian regime He says regime has driven thousands of farmers from their land UK has spent £1.3billion pouring aid into Ethiopia to help alleviate poverty He has been given legal aid despite lodging the court papers from Kenya By  JAMES SLACK  and  IAN DRURY PUBLISHED:  15:33 GMT, 14 July 2014  |  UPDATED:  16:17 GMT, 14 July 2014         305   shares 399 View comments An Ethiopian farmer was today given permission to use thousands of pounds of taxpayer’s money to sue the British government…for sending international aid to his homeland. The ‘farcical case’ – which has provoked fury at Westminster - will be entirely funded by the British public. The UK taxpayer must pick up the bill for both the farmer’s lawyers and a defence team from the Department for International Development. International Development Secretary Justine Greening is being forced to defend the Government over claims that

The Ethiopian authorities are using a repressive Anti-Terror law as a pretext to crush dissent. © AFP/Getty Images The Ethiopian authorities must halt their continuing onslaught on dissent, Amnesty International said today, after the arrest of four more opposition party members this week, who are believed to be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. All four were arrested on 8 July in the capital Addis Ababa and the northern city of Mekele on “terror” accusations: a charge commonly used as a pretext to put dissenters behind bars in Ethiopia.  “These latest detentions add to Ethiopia’s ever-increasing number of journalists, opposition members, activists and other dissenting voices locked up for alleged ‘terrorism’ offences,” said Claire Beston, Amnesty International’s Ethiopia Researcher.  “In the run-up to next year’s general election, the fear is that this number will continue to grow as the government continues its onslaught on dissent. Everyone who has be

Before biogas came to the SOS Village in Hawassa, mums had to get up in the middle of the night just to cook breakfast. Photo from  http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/  It's easy to take fast energy for granted. But for mothers in many parts of the world, an unreliable power supply makes cooking the family meal a difficult business. For five years, the SOS Children's Village in Hawassa, Ethiopia, has been using home-produced biogas made with cow manure to take the stress out of cooking – giving SOS mothers time to help their children with homework instead! Read about their success and watch the video below ... “We really needed innovation,” says SOS mother Almas. By 2008, the Village had tried a number of energy sources and was getting desperate. Cylinder gas had proven too expensive, so the families switched to kerosene, but it smelt appalling and filled the house with smoke. In the end, they resorted to electric cookers, but a poor electricity supply meant cook

ፎቶ ከ http://www.ancorpiu.com/what-we-do/portfolio_photo/africa/tadelechs-bar?lang=en Javier Acebal  እንደጻፈው Boricha Woreda is located in Sidama Zone, in the Southern National and Nationalities Peoples’ Region (SNNPR). The livelihoods in Boricha are mixed farming that encompasses crop production and livestock rearing, and the major crops grow in the area according to its priority is maize, haricot bean, and root crop. Boricha is one of the most food insecure Woreda of Sidama Zone. In the focus group discussions carried out by GOAL Ethiopia, women commented that they ate meals around the other chores they have to carry out, and that they eat the leftover food from the husband and children. In some instances there are no leftovers. According to a nutrition survey carried out in Boricha, 71% of households gave priority to men at mealtimes, 17% to the elderly and 9% to children. Reasons given for this were initially cultural / traditional and as the husband is carrying out a lot o

This post was co-authored by Greg Randolph. When President Obama spoke to African leaders gathered in Ethiopia last year, he painted a new vision  for U.S. engagement in Africa. "Now we have an opportunity to unleash the next era of African growth together. As we work to renew AGOA in 2015 and continue integrating Africa into the global economy, we also want to make sure that the benefits of Africa's growth reach all parts of the society." The African Growth and Opportunity Act, or AGOA -- the U.S. trade preference program granting special duty-free access for  38 African nations  -- has helped fuel high levels of growth on the continent. But this economic growth has not translated into broad-based economic opportunity for a majority of African people. As the administration seeks renewal for AGOA in 2015, the trade accord must be updated to ensure that growth is creating high-quality employment. Since its inception in 2000, U.S. imports under AGOA have increased