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...well as the Somali guerrillas who are active in the neighboring French territory of Afars and Issas (otherwise known as Djibouti), which is set to become independent this summer. And now, judging by Fidel Castro's current swing around Africa, they seem to be extending their influence to Ethiopia as well...
...told a Senate subcommittee that the Administration was adopting an unprecedented policy. It was recommending a reduction in the budget for foreign aid to three nations because of their repressive policies: Argentina (credits cut from a planned $48.4 million to $15 million), Uruguay (a drop of $2.5 million) and Ethiopia (the loss of its entire allotment of $11.7 million in military help). At the same time, Vance acknowledged that aid would continue undiminished to South Korea, a country notably intolerant of dissent. South Korea would get aid, said Vance, because it was strategically important to the U.S., while the other...
...more sensitive to the problem of human rights are to be commended. These initiatives--the reference to human rights in President Carter's inaugural address, his support for Andrei Sakharov and other Soviet dissidents, and his administration's cut-back in aid to repressive regimes in Argentina, Uruguay and Ethiopia--mark a welcome change from the amorality of U.S. foreign dealings under Secretary of State Henry Kissinger '50. There are also indications that Carter's support for human rights has begun to have an effect: several U.S. aid recipients have announced in the past months that they plan to loosen...
...there is anything scientific about the masters of Ethiopia, it is apparent only in the methodical ruthlessness of their rule. The Dergue seized power brutally in Addis Ababa and other centers in the African nation of 28 million people, confiscating weapons and executing anyone who opposed it. Last year, 50 militants, mostly students who had been suspected of anti-council activity, were shoved against the wall of a suburban Addis Ababa shooting range and slain. Many more killings have taken place secretly. One woman was presented with her husband's bullet-riddled body along with an explanation...
Last week's executions obviously have not solved the power struggle or its implication for Ethiopia, and the African nations that surround it are becoming increasingly edgy. Before long, onlookers predict, there is bound to be another Shootout in the fight for control of the Dergue. How many members will be left after that confrontation is anyone's guess...