Ethiopia: In Accepting Ethiopia, Transparency Group ‘Sacrifices Credibility’ BY CAREY L. BIRON
Washington — A major international initiative aimed at promoting transparency in the extractives industry is coming under harsh criticism for accepting an application from Ethiopia, despite significant ongoing legal restrictions on the country’s civil society. The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a standards programme based in Oslo, had declined a previous application for candidature from […]
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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn arrived in Juba Thursday (December 26th) for talks with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir aimed at resolving escalating instability in the country, AFP reported. The leaders posed for photographs before going into closed door talks. The visit comes amid ongoing efforts by regional powers to […]
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