Ethiopia Suspends NGOs

Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 10:31
Ethiopian authorities have suspended the operations of 42 NGOs allegedly for activities out of their mandate
Ethiopian authorities have suspended the operations of 42 NGOs allegedly involved in activities that are out of their mandate in the Southern region of the country.

Ethiopia's Southern regional state justice office chief, Yilma Meresa, points out that those NGOs were out to interrupt the peace and development of the region.

Yilma refused to disclose the name of the suspended organisations. Among the suspended organisations are international humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and two local gender rights organisations are among the suspended NGOs.

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