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“Illegal” NGOs given final warning

    NAIROBI

    Steps will be taken against 14 NGOs said to be operating illegally in East Shewa Zone of the Oromiya Regional State, the official Walta Information Centre reported on Thursday. The NGOs, which are engaged in reproductive health care, kindergarten and other social development activities without formal agreements with the government, include a number of international and local church-based organisations. The head of the zonal Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Department, Abera Dinka, told the Ethiopian New Agency that among the “illegal” organisations were the Guenet Church, the Organisation for Social Services against AIDS in Ethiopia (OSSA), Meserete Kiristos, Christian Children’s Fund and the Mulu Wengle Church.

    Abera is reported as saying a last warning given to each of the organisations would be followed by “practical measures”. Some 27 indigenous and 16 international charities were active in East Shewa implementing 62 development projects worth about US $30 million over five years, said Walta.

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