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Ethiopia suspends adoptions
ESAT News (June 2, 2017) Ethiopia’s government has suspended adoptions, leaving dozens of foreign parents unable to unite with orphans they have legally adopted, according to officials from four western embassies whose citizens are concerned. The Agence France Press report the measure has also frozen hundreds of pending applications for inter-country adoptions, blindsiding families who have in some cases waited ...
Read More »Ethiopia: Drought risks developing into a humanitarian catastrophe, aid agency warns
ESAT News (June 2, 2017) Save the Children warned Friday that drought in Ethiopia could risk developing into a catastrophe if no immediate action is taken to avert the crisis. “The drought in southern Ethiopia has been going from bad to worse and risks developing into a humanitarian catastrophe if action is not taken immediately,” said John Graham, Country Director ...
Read More »Ethiopia: Banking, businesses stalled due to Internet cut-off
ESAT News (June 2, 2017) Internet shutdown entered its fourth day Friday in Ethiopia with banks and businesses unable to function, negatively impacting the already struggling economy, an economy the regime and its allies like to call a miracle. Even the propaganda machines of the regime are not immune from the Internet cut-off. The online versions of all the major media ...
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