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Man accuses Britain's Department of International Development, alleging its finances have abetted rights violations. An Ethiopian man is suing Britain's government alleging its aid money has funded human rights abuses. The man, known only as Mr O, accuses Britain's Department for International Development (DFID) of financially supporting a "villagisation" scheme in western Ethiopia, a government-led plan to settle pastoralists in sedentary communities, according to the AFP news agency. The case - itself funded by British legal aid - has been brought before London's High Court, but no trial date has yet been set. "Mr. O claims he suffered severe abuse and had to flee his home," in western Ethiopia's Gambella region under the villagisation programme, his British lawyers Leigh Day said in a statement. Under the scheme, the government plans to settle 1.5 million people across the country, which it says will improve access to key services

The commodity super-cycle – in which commodity prices reach ever-higher highs and fall only to higher lows – is not over. Despite the euphoria around shale gas – indeed, despite weak global growth – commodity prices have risen by as much as 150pc in the aftermath of the financial crisis. In the medium term, this trend will continue to pose an inflation risk and undermine living standards worldwide. For starters, there is the convergence argument. As China grows, its increasing size, wealth and urbanisation will continue to stoke demand for energy, grains, minerals and other resources. For example, the US consumes more than nine times as much oil as China on a per capita basis. As more of China’s population converges to Western standards of consumption, demand for commodities – and thus their prices – will remain on an upwards trajectory. Of course, not all commodities are equal. For example, although the case for copper seems straightforward – given that it is a key input for w

With European elections looming and a host of crises here at home dominating the political debate, there is the risk that challenges abroad - including Ethiopia’s disturbing treatment of journalists - will be swept under the carpet. It is vitally important that the current Parliament and Commission not let that happen as their mandates wind down, writes Alison Bethel McKenzie. Alison Bethel McKenzie is executive director of the International Press Institute in Vienna. When nominations for the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought were announced last autumn, it was heartening to see that two imprisoned journalists in one of Africa’s most oppressed countries had made the list with the support of more than 40 lawmakers. Although the award ultimately went to the Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai, the nomination of Ethiopian journalists Reeyot Alemu and Eskinder Nega marked important recognition of the appalling conditions that these brave people ha

Overview The Sidama people had suffered a lot by repeated undemocratic and brutal rulers like other nations, nationalities and people suffered in Ethiopia although; the Sidama nation in the history had never acknowledged unjust and undemocratic regimes and brutality peacefully. Sidama nation had made various attempts to shape the autocratic nature of the recent four subsequent regimes of Ethiopia including the present narrow sated regime. In the early, the Sidama people had fought against with Menelik-II regime which was for the first time invaded the Sidama land. Before this time Sidama was autonomous state in the history and the state was governed by traditional administration which was fair, just and democratic management system and by far better and democratic than any democratic country in the world. In 1880’s Menelik-II sent bouquets of first group invaders to Sidama land led by General Beshah Aboye. The Menelik army was highly organized and equipped with weaponries

ኢትዮጵያ በኣሁኑ ጊዜ በኣለም ደረጃ የተሻለ ኢኮኖሚያዊ እድገት እያስመዘጋቡ ካሉት 10 ኣገራት መካከል ኣንዷ መሆኗን ሰሞኑ ከፈረንሳይ ፓርስ የወጡ ዘጋባዎች ያመለክታሉ። ኣገሪቷ  እያስመዘገበች ያለችው የኢኮኖሚ እድገት ከሲዳማ በምገኙ ምርት እና በሲዳማውያን የሰው ኃይል ጭምር በመሆኑ፤ ሲዳማውያን ለእኮኖሚያዊ እድገቱ ካላቸው ኣስተዋጽኦ ኣንጻር ተጠቃሚነታቸውም እንድሁ መረጋገጥ ስላለበት የዞኑ መንግስት የዞኑን ነዋሪዎች ተጠቃሚነት ለማረጋገጥ የተለያዩ የልማት ፕሮግራሞችን በመቅረጽ እና በልማት ተግባራት ህዝቡን ቀጥተኛ ተሳታፊና ተጠቃሚ የማድረግ ስራ  ኣጠናክሮ መስራት ይጠበቅበታል።   Business | Economy 10 upstarts hot on the heels of Brics economies Indonesia, Bangladesh and Ethiopia are among 10 countries set to take over as emerging economies from the powerful BRICS nations  Paris: Indonesia, Bangladesh and Ethiopia are among 10 countries set to take over as emerging economies from the powerful Brics nations as they struggle with growing pains, a French credit body said on Tuesday. “After 10 years of frenetic growth”, the big five emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — the Brics — “are slowing down sharply,” the French trade credit and insura