Should the U.S. Government Put Pressure on Ethiopia on Good Governance and Human Rights?

By Habtamu Kebede:  Even though the United States is generously providing hundreds of millions of dollars in economic and military aid annually, the aid has been continuously diverted to programs that prolong the lifespans of the regime and a good portion of it goes directly to the coffers of the regime’s top leadership. Why is that the Ethiopian undemocratic and repressive regime getting both economic and military aid from the major global powers despite its gross human rights violation record?  Read More…