The BBC and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism have teamed up to expose how the Ethiopian government systematically uses aid from donor nations to punish areas that support its political opponents. The current drought in the Horn of Africa is creating famine conditions that are exacerbated by government and rebel activities. This never-ending cycle of war and famine in that part of the world is demoralizing to put it mildly.
Read all the details here: Ethiopia Aid Exposed
The accompanying BBC video report can be found here: Ethiopia 'using aid as weapon of oppression'
A BBC radio interview with Angus Strickler, the investigative journalist, who went to Ethiopia undercover can be listened to here.
Before and after satellite images of burned villages in the Ogaden region from 2007.
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