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ESAT News (December 19, 2016) The allocation of £5.2m ($6.5m) UK foreign aid to support projects of an Ethiopian girl band and acting group has sparked outcry. Yegna, a five-member pop group dubbed “Ethiopia’s Spice Girls”, received the funds to develop its “branded media platform”, in spite of previous criticism. Yegna, which means “Ours” in Amharic, was founded in 2013. ...

  ESAT News (December 19, 2016) A former Egyptian official said a visit last week by an advisor to the royal court of Saudi Arabia, Ahmed al-Khatib, to the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was “a dangerous move and said it constitutes an act of public intrigue.” Former Irrigation Minister Mohamed Nasreddin Allam described Khatib’s visit by the Saudi official as harmful. ...

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