On AlterNet: ethiopia

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Are Western Conservation Efforts Causing Famine In Africa?

Rebecca Adamson, AlterNet. September 20, 2011.

To save the African wilderness, industrialized countries are wrecking indigenous cultures and contributing to starvation. There is a better way.

Revealed: Evidence of Serious Human Rights Abuses Fails to Halt Flow of Aid

Angus Stickler, Caelainn Barr, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. September 8, 2011.

Despite ample evidence of ethnic cleansing, widespread torture and extra-judicial killings by Ethiopian government forces, the US, UK and EU continue to lavish aid on Addis Ababa

Drought Is Spurring Resource Wars

Ernest Waititu, Indypendent. April 29, 2008.

In Ethiopia, violence breaks out as water turns to sand and climate change takes hold. It may be a warning to the rest of the world.

Trademarking Coffee: Starbucks Cuts Ethiopia deal

Anton Foek, CorpWatch. May 16, 2007.

Starbucks, the world's largest coffee shop chain, and the Ethiopian government are on the verge of unveiling a deal that the company hopes will end attacks on the company's carefully constructed ethical image.

Destabilizing the Horn: American-Backed Warlords Invade Somalia

Salim Lone, TomPaine.com. January 8, 2007.

The Bush administration, undeterred by the horrors and setbacks in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon, has opened another battlefront in this oil-rich quarter of the Muslim world.

The Road to Durban: Tracking Global Warming’s Devastating Impact Across the African Continent

Amy Goodman, December 31, 1969.