Let’s follow British lead on aid to Ethiopia

ETHIOPIAN police recently shot and wounded 16 people, three of them seriously, when a procession by tens of thousands of Orthodox Christians turned violent.

The latest outburst of police brutality follows post-election demonstrations which saw over 80 people shot dead by the army in Addis Ababa in two separate clashes in June and November.

The British government is suspending all government-to-government aid (£50 million) to the country.